I was really nervous, because I was certain it was going to be bigger than anything I'd ever done before. But I was relieved when I actually discovered that there was a family atmosphere on the set, with a brother-sister team, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson running it all.

People are already describing it [Skyfall] as the best Bond flick ever, and I really think it will be.

I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.

I just feel incredibly lucky. I went to drama school and about 28 of us graduated. I graduated from drama school in 2000, and I would say about two of us are working and able to make a living out of it. It is a tough profession. To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.

I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.

Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.