When I very first started out, I had that arrogance of youth.

The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again. I was in debt, and it was horrible. And then my family hit such highs in their careers, I asked myself what I was thinking going into the same profession.

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.

My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist.

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.

So often people say something and you realise you haven't really heard it.

And whatever my weight, I've always been skinny from the waist up.