I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters.

I don't want to deny my femininity. But would I want to be a stay-at-home mother? No. On the other hand, you should be allowed to do that, as should men, without being sneered at.

I worked with John Maybury on The Jacket and I think he's an extraordinary film-maker. I read the first drafts of this piece when I was working on The Jacket, and we'd so fallen in love with him that we thought he was the only person that should direct this! We wrote poems for him, we sent him champagne and cakes. Four years later he finally read it.

Nice is the worst word.

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs...That reminds me- I need to go shopping!

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

The highest percentage of England's top jobs are filled by graduates from about two different universities.