Well you see, movies are our generation's folklore. It's our pop
culture, our reference point. I don't want it to sound arrogant but I
felt that my passion and love for the movies gave me enough guidance as
to how I would present a character by mixing elements of different
actresses and performances that inspired me. It's actresses like
Sigourney Weaver who was so strong and amazing in Alien and at the same
time so feminine and fragile in something like The Year Of Living
Dangerously. It's Faye Dunaway, who is so completely a woman in her
films. Her eyes are so...she has very sorrowful eyes. The things you
learn from her face in Chinatown!