When I'm choosing projects to be a part of it's always a combination of so many different things. The primary thing is the director. But a very important element is, is it different enough from anything else I've ever done, or what I've last done.

I always tell my husband, 'That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted,' and he's just like, 'Yeah, yeah. Sure.'

As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on a new path.

I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric of this country.

People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.

You have to go through the long, painful process of learning techniques to be able to recognize a "good accident" or a "bad accident."

I am British. I love Britain for all its faults and all its virtues. My husband is American and I am largely based in Los Angeles, but whenever someone asks me where home is, I automatically say 'London.'