I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress.

I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.

I never took to Hollywood.

I don't think I'm anything like the improviser. I'm not. I do better with at least an outline.

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women

I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny

I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones