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

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.

What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together

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

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

If there's a role you're playing and there's a great deal of material to explore because the person was real then it's a completely different preparation time and message to playing someone fictional.

London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now. Outsiders are demonised, there are little bits of legislation, people are scared.