I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you're suddenly in charge of other people.

It made it feel impossible, quite honestly, because filming - you film come rain, come shine, come whatever. And it did rain a lot. And of course, that's what she must have gone through. Of course it rained; of course it was cold... But, you know, it really was quite hard to be out there in the rain.

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

I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.

Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class.