According to the filmmaker, actors willingly choose the profession, and their partners are also expected to understand its demands.
She said that when concerns about marriages and homes come up, that responsibility rests with the actor who chose the profession and their spouse, not with her as a producer.
Stephen revealed that she respects actors who decline kissing scenes for personal reasons and has often found ways to work around such requests, though she noted that other actors are comfortable with intimate scenes.
She stressed that her job as a producer and director is to protect actors on screen, but not to safeguard their marriages, adding that she never forced anyone into the profession.
She concluded by reiterating that filmmakers have a duty to portray actors respectfully on screen, stating that she has never presented an actor in a lurid manner, as protecting them is central to her job, though preserving an actor’s marriage is not her responsibility.