To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of good, original writing.

Directors don't get to see other directors at work - they're the only one on the set. I've met directors who've asked me what another filmmaker is like. So, there's probably nobody better placed to make all the comparisons and to pick up stuff than an actor.

And that is a hard route for a woman to come through. There's still a lot of roles that have to be conformed to. It's quite an old fashioned environment in a lot of ways.

Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

I'm fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: `Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.