Film is such a director's medium; you're really in their hands in terms of the real storytelling. As an actor, you can give a performance moment to moment and some of your takes will be used and some of them won't. I think there are great films you can make with bad performances, and vice versa. There are all combinations of those things. It's really down to the director what happens, I think, so that's why it's really good to work with very talented, bold directors.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects.

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.

I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.