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

You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult.

I think of myself as Mirren rather than Mironova, absolutely. I am a Brit, really. I mean when I go to Russia and I do have, maybe it's a romantic fantasy. You know us actors, we're very good at romantic fantasies.

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

I used to look out the window of my bedroom as a kid, and there were these stars that, in my mind, made a big "A" in the sky. I thought my destiny was to go there.

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.

Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be.