I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work.

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.

If anyone says 'Let's have a girls' night out', I will run in the opposite direction.

I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.

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.

I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge.

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.