'Dredd' was a weird, little, out-of-the-blue thing for me.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.

'Dredd' was a weird, little, out-of-the-blue thing for me.

I'm 40 next year and I'm very well aware that where I am now, it becomes a bit of a wilderness for actresses.

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?