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

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

Any role that's proactive is a great role, and action roles are by their very nature proactive. You get to do stuff. I hate sitting in a corner - I'd much prefer an action role in a popcorn movie rather than pining in a corner not doing anything.

I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art.

It was not my destiny, I kept thinking it would be, waiting for it to happen, but it never did, and I didn't care what people thought ... It was only boring old men who would ask me. And whenever they went, 'What? No children? Well, you'd better get on with it, old girl,' I'd say 'No! F*** off!'

You know, you have to allow life to play itself out, don't you? And one thing you learn is that it doesn't stop. It moves on.

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.