I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.

I feel now like a hinge between generations, which is strange. It just happened recently. I think it's because my daughter is so much like me at her age. I feel like I'm reliving my own mother's experience of raising me.

The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.

Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to laugh a lot about that. I used to say I'm not going to act old, Penelope. I'll just be myself.

I think there's always great tension because there never seems to be enough - there is always pressure. There's always pressure because there isn't enough time. There's never enough time for a movie, it seems to me. Never.

Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard.

I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.