With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.

The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.

What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.

I love to work in all sorts of different situations. I think you learn a lot, which is why I try not to approach something the same way, because it might not be appropriate, and then you can get lazy just out of boredom. So I love any approach.

I get cold - really cold - when I travel.

When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

I certainly didn't have a nanny.