Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.

I'm not a communist, of course. But I do think that everything is down to economics. Capitalism doesn't change.

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.

Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing.

I learned quite early on in life that we are all two people. And one of those people none of us will ever know.

I don't share lots of the phobias that horror movies tap into. I don't mind spiders or snakes or darkness.

Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are.