I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

Every moment of living has its own logic, its own meaning.

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it kind of works.

I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.