I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.

With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7.

I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.