I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but...
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.