Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man.

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.