I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a huge amount of energy.

Every experience that you experience yourself you use, because that's our craft.

Filming is completely - was totally new to me ... I had a movie career which wasn't supposed to be, so I couldn't be more thrilled. For those who work, parts seem to get more interesting.

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.

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.

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.

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