I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group.

The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing.

Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes.

I read "Pride and Prejudice" [by Jane Austen]. I was gobsmacked by it - it's so funny and so modern. Unbelievable. You don't expect funny to come through after 200 years - humor doesn't transcend decades, let alone centuries.

We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring

I've never done so much bloody crying in my life. I was always moaning about how hard it was when we were shooting, how awful I felt.

I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting.