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

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

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.

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

Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live.

Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters.

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