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.

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

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

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

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 live quite an unsettled life.

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