There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.

Youre supposed to be the leading lady in your own life, for Gods sake!

I am a person. I am not a soap opera. There is never going to be a next [tabloid] installment about my life because my own stuff is my own stuff.

There were days when I would say, 'God, I can't be without Leo'. He was my rock. We were such a team, nothing could break us, nothing could come near us.

God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.

Yeah, acting is very difficult. As much as I love it, and the challenge of it, I'm so often just terrified by it.

There wasn't very much time between wrapping Revolutionary Road and starting The Reader. It was about five and a half months, which, for me, isn't that long. Some actors are very good at just going from one thing to another but I've always been a bit useless at that. The preparation time is important for me.