Seize the day. Well, I aspire to that anyway.

There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses.

To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times.

Everyone knows in the industry that when these great roles come up, every two years, there's a huge number of people up for them. I'm not one of those top five females that can personally finance any film.

I'd love to adopt, but having a daughter, Daisy, who's in the middle of her teens, I'm now thinking: Is this a time to start all over again or is this a time to realise those child-rearing years are over?

I care so much less, now, about going up the ladder; if I cared about the ladder I would be doing it all very wrong.

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.