I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.

I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.

'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!

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

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.

The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.

If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland.