At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.

I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you cant see beyond it.

You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.

Vulcans are so smart. There's no excess; it's just enough. I learned coming away from the film that less really is much more. Sometimes, as a human, you get so discombobulated with emotions, but this was easier, because it was s o clean to play.

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.

I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.