If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.

I've raised daughters who are English, and I'm American, so they're culturally different to me, which is an unusual situation.