Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project.

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

I think whether you've got children or not you're just more aware of others as you get out of your 20s.

When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.

That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.

I've done a few remakes now, as you know. And my philosophy is, you see the original film once, and that's it. You have to do whatever you can to shut it out, because you don't want your performance to be tainted. You don't want to fall into the trap of comparisons, basically.

The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure.