I can talk myself so much into my part.

I wanted above all else not to be like my mum.

Shakespeare - it's not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it's meant to be funny it's not funny.

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

I was feeling very irritable. It was that difficult time of the month when the credit card statement arrives.

You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.

I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.