My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.

I don't like the word celebrity. If I become a good actress and be in movies where I'm expected to be a good actress, who is recognised, that's different to being what I consider to be a celebrity. My job is an actor and that's what I'm passionate about and adore. It's a privilege to be able to do this job for a living.

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.

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.

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