Culture civilizes us, and that's why every single despotic regime has tried to smash [the arts].

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

Culture civilizes us, and that's why every single despotic regime has tried to smash [the arts].

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.

I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.

I much prefer a natural approach to beauty. You know, Coco Chanel always said to take one thing off before you leave the house, and I think that also applies to makeup.

I never really think about my gender, first and foremost - until a door is closed to you. Until you can see a parallel opportunity with a man in a similar place in his career and you think, That opportunity is not open to me or my fellow actresses. That's interesting.