Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't

I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost - but I really want a good life. I've been married for 17 years - I know, they call us the last couple. I have a 13-year-old daughter. I have a lovely home life with good friends who aren't in the business... and I have no desire to cost my whole life in pursuit of the career alone.

Risk is the willingness to fail.

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me