I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!

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.

You don't want to just preach to people; you want to get them emotionally involved, and I think you do that with a wonderful human story about one person's struggle.

I'd like to believe that I would be able to give in the same way Mandela did, but in reality, I don't know whether that is true. It is much more likely that I would be left with an immense sense of injustice and immense desire for revenge.

I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that.

Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.

I'm absolutely loving being part of Bondiana, and that not only am I a Bond girl, but I get to be an agent as well.