I really enjoyed it - being involved in watching rushes and playback [in "The Invisible Woman"]. Ralph [Fiennes] was very open to my input, I think knowing that he couldn't always be there 100 percent, that he had dual aims with directing and acting.

In my work I fight for, I hope, showing women in a true way. They've got brains.

I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.

Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier.

There's so much of a desire in the entertainment industry for newness, a desire to build somebody up and then treat them as old news within six months. I think you'd be naive if you didn't try to hold on to your own way of doing things.

I always hope for roles that have some depth and that I can get my teeth into and that will challenge me, in some way.

Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel.