I feel like I'm playing more of a role walking down the red carpet than when I'm playing an ordinary woman covered in sweat.

At some stage I'm going to have to say, 'Right, that's it. I'm stopping for a bit'.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

For my own children, I do want for them to look back and remember that it was me in the kitchen, that I was doing the packed lunches, that we were there on the school run, that we did take a bus. I want them to remember those things, because those are the things that I remember from my own childhood and that have been incredibly important to me.

You can't be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?

There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself.

Acting is about being real, being honest.