Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

I never wear sneakers. I don't feel comfortable in them.

Towards the end, one of them [children in "The White Queen"] was older than I was in real life.

I think it's quite good to have an amount of unavailability.

It's a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you're making.

I don't think I've got enough energy to be competitive! Most of my energy is just devoted to me being nervous and trying to deal with the situation.

The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.