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You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all.

Some actors, they have to carry this macho, very masculine element to them, but it's difficult for me to understand that.

Why is being a female having an agenda any more than being a misogynist - which David Mamet most certainly is?

I so find Harold Pinter and David Mamet's writing to be exciting, and obviously there aren't that many female - at least with Mamet, there aren't that many good female roles. But I always thought it would be interesting to play one of the guy roles.

David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like him. If you hate him, you really hate him. He's someone who's into controversy, you know what I mean? That's David Mamet.

I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

I've been playing with this idea in my mind that the hero's journey that we're all taught as screenwriters may resonate more specifically for male protagonists and maybe even male viewers.

As I see it, my focus has never been on masculine power rampant and triumphant but rather on the antithesis: masculine power impaired.