I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish.

I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did.

I can talk myself so much into my part.

I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around.

I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her.

It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.

I was having my teens in my 30s.