I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
“I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book.”
“I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.”