I Watch Very Little Television, Actually. There's

I'm The Mother Of Two Daughters, One Of Whom Is Going To Get Possessed. It's Really Spooky And Great. I'm Shooting It Right Now. That's Why I'm In Chicago. I Wanted To Tell You About The Other Direction That This Trying-to-get-more-female-characters Thing Has Taken, Which Is That I Launched My Own Film Festival Last Year.

When I Got Pregnant, I Told [susan Sarandon ]. She Said, "all Right. I'm Gonna Tell You The Thing To Do When You're Giving Birth: Push Like You're Trying To Win A Prize, Like You Want To Be The Best Patient He's Ever Had. He's Going To Give You A Prize For Winning That." So I Did. [the Doctor] Said, "you Are Probably The Best Pusher I've Had As A Patient."

I Had Very, Very Bad Self-esteem - That I Was A Fake, Everybody Was Going To Find Out, That I Didn't Deserve To Have Success, Just About My Looks And Really, Really Bad Self-esteem.

We Have It In Our Heads That Women Only Need To Take Up A Certain Amount Of Space And Then We've Done Right By Them. It's The Same In Every Profession. We Get A Handful Of Women Professors, A Few Female Board Members - That Looks Normal.

The Most Important Thing Is To Change What Children See From The Beginning. To Not Create A Problem We Have To Fix Later.