It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

I have sleepless nights before press days.

I could suddenly see the pressures all around; these endless magazines and cheap reality TV programmes poking at women, humiliating us for every flaw. It makes me so angry. I really wonder what it is we are doing to ourselves, because I do think women can be the worst ones for picking each other apart.

I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.

I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing, and I'm grateful to my parents for that.

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

Whatever I'm doing, I try to give it everything.