To be a woman in your forties, I think it's a fantastic decade.

I try to do one thing at a time to utilise my time well.

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place.

Every time I have a bikini wax, Cameron Diaz holds me down.

I was having such a hard time when I made Sylvia. I gave everything I had for that role. It's one or two or three things I'm most proud of in terms of my work. But it was very dark.

It's the difference between someone who loves you more than anything in the world giving you criticism and getting it from some bitter stranger on the Internet. What my dad said to me was the kind of criticism where I was like, "Oh, my God, I'm on the wrong track." I'm so grateful to him for doing that. He was such a no-nonsense guy in that sense.

I think my days of trying outrageous things are over. I'm not looking for trends, I just want to be the best version of myself.