Stage is the place of the playwright: you're guided by great actors and directors, but it's the playwright's word on the page that counts.
舞台是剧作家的地方：你被伟大的演员和导演所引导，但重要的是剧作家的话语。
Yes, I've heard of the 'Mad Men' comparisons, but I like to think 'The Hour' has its own distinctive voice. Although it is set in 1956, I have tried to give it a contemporary edge, and its themes of love, passion, romance, fury, professional jealousy, and personal failure are universal, I think.
是的，我听过《广告狂人》的比较，但我喜欢认为《小时》有自己独特的声音。虽然它的背景是1956年，但我试图给它一个当代的优势，它的主题是爱、激情、浪漫、愤怒、职业嫉妒和个人失败，我认为是普遍的。
I got dumped off 'The Iron Lady' a month before they started shooting, and then they brought two new writers on. Then I was brought back on again. I'm just a bit of a rubber ball. I just bounce back.
我在《铁娘子》开拍前一个月被甩了，然后他们又带来了两个新作家。然后我又被带回来了。我只是个橡皮球。我只是想振作起来。
The notion of having your muse was not something that was built for women originally. That's not to say women don't have muses. I get muses in terms of actors or writers who inspire me, so I understand the concept.
拥有你的缪斯女神的想法并不是最初为女性而建立的。这并不是说女人没有缪斯。我从演员或作家那里得到灵感，所以我理解这个概念。
I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.
我总是深深地钦佩那些能呆在房间里等着别人来找他们的人。
I never know if I'm the builder or architect. The role shifts all the time. But what I have come to conclude is that the script is the muse.
我不知道我是建筑师还是建设者。角色一直在变换。但我得出的结论是，剧本是缪斯女神。
Chaos is my natural habitat. I write about chaotic situations and about people finding their way through the chaos, the hope that you can find your way.
混乱是我的自然栖息地。我写的是混乱的情况和人们在混乱中找到自己的路，希望你能找到自己的路。
It's quite good when you fall flat on your bum on a creative level. Critics can hate what I do, or I've got something completely wrong, and it's good because that ego thing gets zapped for a while.
当你在一个创造性的层面上平躺在你的屁股上时，这是相当好的。批评家们可能讨厌我的所作所为，或者我有完全错误的东西，这是好事，因为自我的东西会被打击一段时间。
My mother came to see me in a play when I was a student, and afterwards, I asked her what she thought. She said, 'Honest opinion? No.'
我还是学生的时候，我妈妈来看我演一出戏，后来，我问她是怎么想的。她说，‘诚实的意见？“没有。”
Of course I am aware that there is a level of sexism in any large institution, but I find, in television and film, most of the producers are women.
当然，我知道在任何一个大机构中都存在一定程度的性别歧视，但我发现，在电视和电影中，大多数制片人都是女性。
I never get writer's block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet.
我从来没有作家的块，但我确实有天我爬下被窝。