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.'

I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.

Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments.

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

I use my awards as doorsteps. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library – they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces

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

What really matters to me is what my peers think.