Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.

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

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in your trailer and then you get called to deliver one sentence - then you're told to come back and do it again at 5:30 the following morning.

I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.

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

I'm very good at forgetting people.