I feel the written word, poetry and literature is just one of the most beautiful things that human beings do. So we have to fight for it.

A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot.

Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing.

I believe in meditation - it's a good tool to centre yourself, but unfortunately, I'm too lazy to do it. It's very hard work, and I prefer to watch 'Nothing To Declare' on TV!

My grandfather had come over as a member of the czarist army, to make an arms deal with the British government. Being a blinkered military man, he was unaware that the Russian Revolution was about to take place.

Acting is acting, but acting is different in almost always every project, and very, very different in this context.

As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on a new path.