I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.

I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself.

I think often women can feel isolated and feel like they get into a rut and don't quite know how to get out of it.

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

When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.

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.

What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time.