My Dad's Russian. My Mother's English. I

I Think Every Woman In Our Culture Is A Feminist. They May Refuse To Articulate It, But If You Were To Take Any Woman Back 40 Years And Say, 'is This A World You Want To Live In?' They Would Say, 'no.'

You Know, Some Actors, All Of Their Potential Is In Their Youth, And When That Passes, Their Qualities Of As An Actor Pass. But He - Alan [rickman] Was The Opposite, And Their Are Other Actors Who Are Like That, Who, Really, Their Potential Is In Maturity.

With That Incredible Voice That He [alan Rickman] Could Play Like A Sort Of Wonderful Instrument, Like A Cello Or Something. He Played His Voice, And He Could Be The Most Subtle Of Actors. And He Could Also Be Quite A Big Actor. He Could Do The Grandiose Performances As Well.

You Can't Control How Other People See You Or Think Of You. But You Have To Be Comfortable With That.

I Wonder What It Means When Americans Say I'm An American. In Britain The Culture Is Basically The Same From One End Of The Country To The Other. And When I Came Here And I Saw Americans Who Live, I Don't Know, In You Know, Northwestern California As Opposed To Americans Who Live In Louisiana, As Opposed To Americans Who Live In The Nevada Desert. English Even Is Literally A Picture That I Have In My Mind Of An Oak Tree In The Field, A Single Oak In A Green Field. And Also When I Think Of My Russian Roots, It's The Landscape That I Connect With As More Than Maybe The Poetry Or The Drama.