As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices made by your writer.

You don't want the men to be written in a three-dimensional way and the women, not.

We accept women being complete c-nts if they’re doing it for a child.

I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully.

As an actress, I think it’s important to look back and realize that we aren’t always quite as original as we think we are. There’s this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.

I've been a member of some good gyms in the past. I love a good spinning class; I love a good aerobics class.

Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and I need to be warmed up gently, it's always Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone.