I wasn`t really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

My father could be very distancing. My clearest memory is of him squatting, watering plants for hours and hours at a time, completely silent. He was very self-contained; my mother was more outgoing and chatty and social. I'm certainly more like her.

I have probably four or five male friends who have a real strong masculine side but some degree of a feminine side, too. They're pretty rare, whereas I think women with a masculine side are much less rare.

I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.