I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they're not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I'd recommend renting.

It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it.

[Washington is a] very gossipy little village of people all going to the same bars . . . all watching each other having affairs with each other

There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down.

In Shakespeare's day it was women who were being burned at the stake as witches... not men. The men were thought of as alchemists. But women doing the same thing would be a witch and would be burned.

Southend is a dormitory town for London. But it also had this thing of being the playground of the East End - a glamorous holiday town.

I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.