Americans are very good at animating voices. I don't know why. They have a freedom with them that we British actors find more difficult to get to.

You could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.

Film is a visceral experience so I think a good war movie is a valuable tool for making us understand what our military goes through, what the issues are, the good and bad sides of war and what we're asking our military to do.

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!

Like journalists. The police have an extremely sick sense of humor, very guarded, very private, very male, which they need to survive on an everyday level. I don't think anyone has ever managed to tap that on the screen - it would actually be too shocking.

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

It's great to be queen!