This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I'm very glad that [the death penalty] hasn't existed for many years in the U.K.

I like to play women who blaze trails.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

It's hard to find really original, compelling works of fiction, for women especially. I find that these true life stories about these women that I'm so blessed to play are some of the most compelling stories, and the truth is stranger than fiction.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

I think what's great about that relationship between an actor and a Director is you have to really blow away all your thing, the safety things that you put up.