I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.

I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it and been proud of it - women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn.

Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.

I've seen my grandmothers grow old and they are so beautiful, every wrinkle in their face tells a story. I want to feel that in 30 years. I would always choose that kind of beauty over that comes from having too much done to yourself.

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.

Being actors we are dealing with the beauty and complexity of human confusion, no? And we are always trying to get answers.

It's very much like a torture sometimes, the process of trying to get rid of an accent.