I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad.

We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because that's easier. It's much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it.

But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.

Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap.

The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.

We all need somewhere where we feel safe

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.