You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.

Good people can do terrible things, and that's what life is all about, the complexities and grey areas. And often characters aren't written that way in movies, especially characters for women. So you end up being either one thing or the other.

I am a good mother and I feel proud about it.

I thought a parent's job was to tell their children not to go into acting as a profession!

It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.

There were moments where I was being kicked in the stomach, and even though I had this brace on to protect me, I still had to prepare myself for it . You can't be relaxed when that's happening. You have to brace your muscles. I can remember thinking as it was about to happen "Wasn't that how Houdini died?" I think it was.