I read every biography [of Jackie Kennedy] I could get my hands on.

To have to watch myself in a way that was constructively critical was really good for me because it made me a little bit more easy on myself because I wasn't allowed to walk away screaming.

If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.

Your relationship with your husband should be an important part of your private life, but publicly you should be able to define yourself.

I really hate being self-conscious—and being conscious of being self-conscious

I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.

Microcredit is about giving hope.