I don't spend a lot of time with anybody.

When a movie is called 'searingly honest,' it's almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.

The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.

It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

I'm relaxed naked as long as there is no one else there. I speed up past mirrors.

Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'

If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.