I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross.

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.

It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.

I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century is insufficient, to put it mildly. I feel quite strongly that we need a new moral lodestone if we can't rely on what is inside our own selves. Which I think, actually, is pretty reliable.

I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.

I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.