It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.

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 never have time to myself; it's the one thing about my life I would probably hope to change.

I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be.

I often don't feel like the person I look like.