“I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.”

“Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go.”

“If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think.”

“The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people.”

“There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world.”

“When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee.”

“There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.”

“I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.”

“There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade,' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it.”