Writers can get very angry when an actor says, "I don't know, I don't feel very comfortable with this line." Sometimes though, you're working with a writer for whom that is simply not apt - like Harold Pinter.

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.

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

I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we're in, and forget everything else.

I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.

Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies.

Wherever I am in the world, if I get free time when I'm filming I always hire a car, take to the road, drive for miles and explore.