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

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

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.'

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realized I was in it.

I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports, he has never referred to himself as the 'Ginger Ninja'.

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