If I had a child, I wouldn't let them go to drama school. At times, I was really unhappy there.

I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.

Acting is about being real, being honest.

I have wrinkles here, which are very evident. And I will particularly say when I look at movie posters, 'You guys have airbrushed my forehead. Please can you change it back?' I'd rather be the woman they're saying 'She's looking older' about than 'She's looking stoned.'

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

Having just had a baby, I'm not going to be thinking about my arse.

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.