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My concern has always been that people who I portray, or the professions that I portray, are not embarrassed by my portrayal of them.

What offends me more than something sexist is something poorly written or unfunny or cliched.

I certainly don't recognise myself as the horrible sexist portrayed in media reports, and I don't think the women who have worked with me throughout my career do either.

I find that a lot of women respond to my work in that it doesn't make them feel bad about themselves.

I hired a publicist once I got cast in 'Passing Strange,' and one of the first conversations we had was about how I wanted to handle talking about my sexuality. I said, 'It's never been an issue for me. I want to talk about my work, but if something about myself relates to my work, of course I'll talk about it.'

I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.

I always find it amazing that people get mad because they can't figure out my gender. Even though my only job here is to create art, I think being a genderless figure... it shakes people. And when that happens, it makes me feel like I'm doing my job.

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.

I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing.