I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.

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

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

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.

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

That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.