If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?

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

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

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.

I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.

I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'

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.