My children are lovely. They're perfect.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

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

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.

I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions.

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.

My body is a baby machine.