Girlfriends are vital ... Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and I will always see each other when Maggie's in London or I'm here. We'll always make time to sit and catch up properly.

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.

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.

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars?

We must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives.