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

The great thing about theater is that when it's great, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. But if you go see ten shows, you'll only get five - if you're lucky - that'll give you that experience. But the rest, at the very least, will be interesting.

It was fantastic to be able to have my kids on set. Dash, my eldest son, who’s not quite five, was into knights and his godmother had given him a plastic Marks & Spencer knights’ outfit and [first assistant director] Tommy Gormley said that he could stand to protect me during the scene where Clive [Owen] is talking about the immensity of sitting on the throne. I’m actually looking through an archway at my son standing in his knights’ costume protecting me!

Lazy thinking is not creative or productive.

Everyone gets obsessed with anti-aging but I'd rather look as good as I can at the age I am.

I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy.