Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.

I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.

When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.

I'm not very much of a foodie; I like small amounts of delicious things, but I've never overeaten - I'd much rather have a glass of wine.