I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.

Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.

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?

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

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

Freedom isn't free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood.

I could quite happily run a florist or a bake shop.