It's what people create that makes my heart stop.

I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.

People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: why would anyone want their children to be the brightest? Academia is a lonely world.

As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it.

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends.