We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.

As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.

I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.

You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane.

As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.