I loved being blonde. It's true, they have more fun, even when they're cannibalising their children.

Of wanting to pay my own way. I never asked my parents for money. I preferred to steal from my parents than ask them for money.

I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that.

I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.

There have been times when I wanted children and other times I've been grateful not to have them. I am a mess if I have to say goodbye to my dog for longer than five days. I don't know how I would deal with kissing my children as I left for work. I know there are women who are able to do that. I don't know if I could.

People say, "Why is it that you love to act?" And you want to say, "Well, most of acting is sitting in your trailer, either bored or worried about the scene coming up." A lot of it is about things you don't really like, so it's a wonder why acting is such a huge draw, why everyone loves it so much.

Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy.