To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances.
I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull.