There were stories in the house of what had happened to them (her grandparents during the Holocaust), and it wasn`t that much talked about. I had to go on a website to read my grandfather`s descriptions of what happened to the family.
But we have to remember that almost all films are written and directed by men. Female characters are women imagined by men, so it`s always this classic figure of a sexy woman with a childish innocence.
[on her mixed feelings about nudity] I`m really not prudish about doing nudity. I think it`s beautiful in films, and sex is such a big part of life, and nudity is obviously our natural state. That`s not my issue. My issue is that I feel it takes something...