People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.

We know about the issue of children being sold and adopted and taken away but what is so extraordinary is how these two people come through something like - how both of them do, in actual fact. I think that she's one of the most considerable people I've ever met, Philomena.

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

I once said to someone when I was playing Lady Macbeth and they said: "That's tricky, emotionally, what do you do about murdering your husband's cousin?" And there are, of course, things that aren't in your personal repertoire that you have to somehow understand by reading or watching other things and listening to other people talk about them.

I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.

I don`t like reading scripts very much. I like it better for someone to just explain to me what it is about this story.

Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage.