I am very interested in making films about women that defy culture.

And Elizabeth was someone that defied culture.

And is told I would never become an actress because I was so consumed as being pretty.

I fought against the studios, started to make my own deals.

I was kind of a business woman.

She was the first modern celebrity.

We'd have the paparazzi following everyone to the point where their life was under a microscope, and she was the first.

I mean, in fact, the word paparazzi came about from her her experience in Italy.

making Cleopatra.

I don't like fame.

I dont belonging to the public.

people have a set image.

They want to believe.

And if you try and explain, you lose yourself along the way.

She lives big and she lives hard.

And she did a lot of incredible things.

And she broke barriers.

And so I think that's what makes people so obsessed with her.

What's very special about this film is you have a legendary star being more candid than one has ever been, because she wasn't expecting these tapes to be heard by other people.

I think one of the surprising things was to listen to such a famous person and hear about their insecurities.

She admits So much of her flaws, her anxieties, her worries, her ambitions.

So I think it's a very special film.

You know, I do one project at a time, and maybe I'll just obsess and focus on it.

I'm able to do things that I care deeply about.

One of the things I care deeply about is the arc of women's history and how we've evolved and how we end up having power in the world and how that image has changed over time.

So I think, you know, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Taylor have both shown us that we can reach for the stars.