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

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

People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.

I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32.

Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love.

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

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.