The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

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

Every woman has a mother, and every woman will have an issue with that mother and things that mother did or didn't do. It just depends on how you choose to process the lessons that you learned from your own mother.

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

I've never worked with prosthetics before in that sort of capacity. I did a bit of prosthetic work when I had to give birth in Jude, which is quite a different set of prosthetics. But I had so much admiration for the hair and make-up department and the prosthetics team, who are actually based at Shepperton, and who put together that look for Hanna. I

I love to cook. I could never give that up.

When you're telling a story, I think you should tell it to its fullest, with reckless abandon, and absolutely let it be what it is.