My children are lovely. They're perfect.

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.

I'm very wary of trust, you see.

The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.

I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.

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

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.