'leonie' Did Get Made And It Was

I Spent A Lot Of Time With A Real Detective, A Lady Detective Inspector Who Was The Only Female Detective Inspector In The Whole Of East London. She And I Hung Out A Lot. She Showed Me What She Did And I Spent Time With Her. So, [she Was] A Lot Of The Inspiration For The Way I Dressed And Sometimes The Dialogue In Those Interview Scenes Where We're Cross Examining And Questioning The Youths And Trying To Get A Confession Out Of Them.

Doing Press Is Like Eating At Mcdonald's: While It's Going On It's Vaguely Enjoyable - You're Seduced By Your Own Vanity And Taking Yourself Rather Seriously - But Immediately Afterwards You Feel Sick.

I'm An Optimist By Nature, Myself, I Think.

The Ratings Thing Is The Real Issue. It Really Hurts Movies. For Example, In Redbelt, I Smoked. The Whole Plot Of My Character Was Based On The Fact That I Was A Smoker. And Then They Discovered That Just By Having Someone Smoking In The Movie, It Immediately Makes The Rating An R. So They Had To Cut Out Every Shot Where I Had A Cigarette In My Hand And It Totally Affected The Performance. That Was Very Frustrating To David Mamet As Well. I Can Remember Him Saying, "it's A Nightmare."

I Decided To Give Acting A Serious, Committed Try, And Soon After, I Read The Script For 'lovely And Amazing.' The Story Was Beautiful And Honest, And The Characters Struggled With The Same Insecurities Many Women - Including Me - Face. I Didn't Think I Had A Chance In Hell Of Being In The Film, But I Knew I Had To Go For It.