I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.

I'm always fearful. … Fear generates in you a huge energy. You can use it. When I feel that mounting fear, I think, 'Oh, yes, there it is!' It's like petrol.

My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl.

There are very few things that surprise me.

It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.

Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.

I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.