In Filming You're Waiting. You're Waiting For

I Work With The Options I Have In Front Of Me And My Reasons For Choosing A Job Can Vary Enormously Depending On The Circumstances. Sometimes I Take A Job Because It's A Group Of People I'm Dying To Work With, And Sometimes It Can Be A Desire To Shake Things Up A Bit And Not To Take Myself Too Seriously.

It's Whether They Have A Vision And Whether They're Able To Communicate It. The Best Director Is Just Someone Who Gets Over-excited About Doing It - They Don't Even Have To Know Much About Camera Or Acting.

Directors Don't Get To See Other Directors At Work - They're The Only One On The Set. I've Met Directors Who've Asked Me What Another Filmmaker Is Like. So, There's Probably Nobody Better Placed To Make All The Comparisons And To Pick Up Stuff Than An Actor.

And That Is A Hard Route For A Woman To Come Through. There's Still A Lot Of Roles That Have To Be Conformed To. It's Quite An Old Fashioned Environment In A Lot Of Ways.

In Filming You're Waiting. You're Waiting For Lights. You're Waiting For People Set Things Up. And When You're Not Waiting, You're Repeating. And Neither Is Conducive To Spontaneity, You Know. Comedy Makes You Very, Very Neurotic Because You Think, I - But Did I Nail It?