Jane Campion

I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive.

I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.