When you're 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it's fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it.

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.

It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically .

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.

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

I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them.

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.