I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

I sometimes think that theatre is a torture.

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

Everything contains its antithesis.

I have quite a robust relationship with regret. You simply don't know what the alternative would have been.

I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.