I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

We're growing up with a very illiterate bunch of children who have somehow been taught that film is fact when, in fact, it's invention. Hopefully, an historical film will inspire people to go and read about the history but in the end it is a work of fiction and selection. As for the armour itself, no it wasn't particularly comfortable.

You do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about.

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?

It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.