I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.
Probably the biggest challenge for me as a director was to not show how scared I was. I was surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry, and I had to pretend I knew what I was doing.
In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself.
I just did what I found interesting. I was so lucky that I was able to do that, especially in the '90s. I was really able to have a life to go back to.
That was my way of getting through difficult times of low confidence - hard work.
I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.
There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.
I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me.
It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.
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