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It's Hard To Get Yourself Into A Position Where Someone Will Trust You To Direct A Film Anyway, Whatever Sex You Are. Certainly In England, The Film Set Is A Very Male Preserve. There's A Lot Of Very Rough Looking Men Pushing Equipment Around That Don't Want The Gaffer To Be A Girl.

You Have To Be Ill If You Want To Get Better.

I Have A Very Long Relationship With America. My Mother Grew Up There And I Felt To Some Extent That I Partly Belong There. I Was Schooled There Briefly For About A Year.

It Was Mainly To Do With Helen Hunt, To Be Honest. That's What Drew My Attention To It. I Was Interested In The Fact That She Was Going To Be Directing. I'd Never Met Her But She Projects A Degree Of Intelligence And It Was Convincing T Me That She'd Be Able To Handle This Sort Of Material Very Well.

Comedy - Particularly The Frothy And Frivolous - Is Notoriously Neglected By Festivals And Awards. But It's Bloody Hard To Get Right.