Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

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

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

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

When I was 14 I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.

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