When I finished ballet school where I was for quite a few years, I tried out for theatre

長期間通ったバレエ学校を卒業後に演劇学校のオーディションを受けたけど、

school and I did not get in and I then wanted to decide what I wanted to do instead, and

落てしまったの。それで、代わりに何をしようかと考えたわ。

a lot of people that I met that were producers in film, and TV and theatre had gone through

お会いした方々の多くは、自分で映画、テレビ、演劇をプロデュースしているだけでなく出演もしていて、

law so I actually got into law school and thought that would maybe be the way because

法律を学んでいたから、実は私も法律学校に入学したの。これが進む道だろうと思ったわ。

I wanted to tell stories and work with film

映画業界で働いて物語を伝えたかったの。

Me and my, who I share my company with, my partner Charles, we, we, sat, probably had

私の映画会社で一緒に働いたチャールズと

a lunch three/four years ago and kind of, with a laugh said, 'it would be amazing

３、４年ほど前に、笑いながらこう言ったことがあったわ。"映画をプロデュースできたら

if we could try and do that one day' and then, we started it last year. So, now we

最高だね"って。去年それを実現させて、

have a few projects in development.

進行中のプロジェクトが数本あるの。

You said sort of in the past that you had a run of films at a certain period where you

過去にこう言ってましたよね。ある時期に撮影した映画で

noticed that your character hadn't had, like a conversation with any other women,

演じた役が、他の女性の登場人物と会話することが一切なかったと。

like, at all and is that something you're kind of conscious of in the films you want to make though your own production company?

そういったことを意識しながら、自分の会社で映画を製作したいですか？

Definitely, I think in general that's something that I want to bring awareness to.

ええ、そういったことを反映させたいと思ってるわ。

We need female writers. Sometimes, I'm actually, I've been surprised I would probably consider myself

だから女性の脚本家が必要なの。女性のほうが

that women know women better. I have been surprised by men who have been able to write

女性をことをよく理解できると思うけど、男性脚本家が女性キャラクターをうまく描写できて

women very well.

驚かされることもある。

So, I think it's more about, talking about equality and bringing things up and

だから、男女の平等について話し合って、

making sure that we have both women and men both in front of the camera but even more also behind.

男性ばかりではなく女性の俳優も起用させるの。陰で支えてくれるスタッフたちも同様にね。