Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in your trailer and then you get called to deliver one sentence - then you're told to come back and do it again at 5:30 the following morning.

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.

Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.

I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.

Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.

It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.

Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.