I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.

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

If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.

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 can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus.

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people.