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

It's very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just kicks in. I don't recognise myself.

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.

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

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

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?