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.

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

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.

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.

I think work really is a life saver, because it carries you forward, which is good.

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