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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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