The interesting thing for me about the debate about same-sex marriage ... is that it's one of those issues where it has no impact on anyone apart from the people that it impacts upon. So I find it quite bewildering that it's - that it's so complicated for people.

o matter how much research you do, or invention you do, whether it's a character from a novel, a completely invented character or someone who actually existed, it's a work of faction. By the very fact you only have an hour and a half or two hours to tell a story, you're telescoping events and it is, in the end, a work of imagination.

To those who voted for me, thank you. And to those who didn't, better luck next year!

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.

I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

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

You can only desire something that you've already had in your life.