Acting is about being real, being honest.

It's funny when someone says to you 'you're hot' and all that, because I don't think of it in that way.

Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we'd hear the whistle and we'd all come running. Like dogs!

Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear.

With The Reader, I'd just be shattered at the end of every day really. I wouldn't really want to talk. We kept saying, because we were in Berlin: "If we get back at a decent hour, let's go and have a glass of wine." We'd always think it would be a great idea, but then get to the end of the day and then go [acts drowsy and blabs]. It was very difficult for everybody.

Leo and I are kindred spirits - we're cut from the same cloth.

It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.