Campion: I think success helps people see you differently

By Stephanie Bunbury
Updated May 25 2017 - 11:38pm, first published 11:29pm

"I don't get treated badly any more," says Jane Campion with a chuckle. "I've gone past the point of being just seen as a female any more; I'm a female artist and I actually get listened to - it is extraordinary, that change. I think success helps people see you differently. When I first started as a director, I couldn't even get the actors to do what I wanted them to do, the guys. I'd say 'Let's rehearse now' and they would say 'We don't want to rehearse'. Having female authority was a real problem at that time."

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