I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.