When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn’t go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn’t train. Then it gets tiring. And you do get bored of it.

I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.

The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.

I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts.

That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.

I'm convinced that whatever state you're in during your pregnancy has a huge influence on the baby's personality - so I hope we haven't produced a little serial killer!

Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual sets of gestures and expressions. I still have this nagging feeling that it's me, that I didn't create a unique character.