To appreciate the success you have to have had the failures. You have to accept that it is a journey and its not just tomorrow or the next day or next year.

We worked with Jean-Marc [Vallée] [on Big Little Lies] in terms of finding [style]. Because when you have five women, you're trying to find how they each dress and how they present themselves to the world.

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

You'll nip anybody who's coming at you with bullshit. You don't play around. You take this craft very seriously. It's what separates you, what separates an actor from an artist.

I was fair-skinned in a country that's about the outdoors.

My life collapsed. People ran from me because suddenly it was, "Oh my God! It's over for her now!"

The thing I'm not good with is mediocrity, when someone isn't really trying to reach something.