My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from.

I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do, so I get bored. I prefer to have a purpose, such as going to Alaska to see orca whales.

My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from.

I wouldn't want to go back to my 20s; they were pretty angst-laden times.

London keeps me grounded. We don't get praised every time we open our gobs there.

It's the idea that when you say 'actress', people think of an airy, floaty, no-brain person, which of course you can't be if you are an actor. It is an unfortunate word, which is why, for a time, I hung on to 'actor', because it just seemed more workmanlike, you know, like you say 'woman doctor' not 'doctoress'.

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.