I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

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'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.

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

In the garden of our house, when I was three. My brothers and I had a jumping wall. I remember it as enormously high, but it was probably only about a foot and a half.