I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me.

I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful.

I don't see that anybody needs to earn $12 million for three months' work, quite honestly.

There's a scary moment when you realise you're no longer the youngest person in the room. Especially if you've been a successful young person. That's followed, of course, by the realisation that you're actually the oldest person in the room.

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

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.

The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press.