I realized that so much of the pressure I was feeling was from outside sources, and I knew I wasn't ready to take that step into motherhood. [...] Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around.

My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.

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.

The chemistry among the four of us is very strong.

Imagination helps me to become part of that journey that I'm going through in font of the camera, or in front of an audience. I used to think you had to disappear within a character, but I find that puts a mask on what I do.

When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.

The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe there are adverts that show the breasts, so people are less frightened of that aspect of the show. Americans can withstand incredible violence on TV shows - which, as I come from England and Canada, I find difficult to stomach - but they are more puritanical when it comes to nudity on screen.