I do have to say my daughter, Sunday, said to me [I was being] overprotective, so you must have been a fly on the wall.

I want to be contributing and working with people that I like and love, and this was the perfect combination.

In particular, for my character, Celeste [in Big Little Lies], there was a way in which we wanted to present her, because she has sort of barriers that she has to put up for protection because of things that are going on in her life. Yet she wants to be, I suppose, very presentable but neutral.

Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?

I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did.

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

I do have to say my daughter, Sunday, said to me [I was being] overprotective, so you must have been a fly on the wall.