When You're 16, 30 Seems

I Don't Throw A Lot Of Parties. I Find Throwing Parties A Bit Intimidating.

When I Was Making Films [early In My Career] There Were Very, Very Few Female Directors, And There Were Certainly No Women On Set, Which Made Taking One's Clothes Off All The More Difficult.

It's Outrageous. It's Ridiculous. And 'twas Ever Thus. We All Watched James Bond As He Got More And More Geriatric, And His Girlfriends Got Younger And Younger. It's So Annoying.

My Dad's Russian. My Mother's English. I Would Say My Bottom Half Is Russian.

There's A Scary Moment When You Realise You're No Longer The Youngest Person In The Room. Especially If You've Been A Successful Young Person. That's Followed, Of Course, By The Realisation That You're Actually The Oldest Person In The Room.