I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.

I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always.

I've never been obsessed with celebrity or star-struck or anything. I met Penelope Cruz when we were in Toronto, who I think is a goddess and an unbelievable actress, and she introduced herself. As she walked away from the table I had to take a deep breath, which was strange because I've never had that with anyone.

I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.

I never had posters on my wall and when I meet actors that I really admire, it's exciting because I get to work with them.

I did The Seagull, the Chekhov play, on Broadway, a couple of years ago, and I had done it in London, and I became completely obsessed with the character, Nina, that I played in that. She's an actress. I couldn't find a play after that, that I wanted to do, because I couldn't think of doing anything else. Every part is a disappointment, once you've done that part.

I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish.