People believe in you more after you've won an Oscar, but it's up to you what choices you make.

I'd like to be wanted for my body, too! As an actor I want to play all different kinds of women - independent women but also very vulnerable women.

Normally, I would do research. For The Constant Gardener, I played an activist, so I went to meet activists. You can find them dotted around. But with The Brothers Bloom, I couldn't meet a nutty heiress who lived in a bubble in a mansion. There was no one to meet. So this was just an active imagining, a daydream.

I don't judge the character at all. It's a bit like being someone's defense lawyer - you have to believe in their innocence in order to defend them.

You have to be quite stupid to act.

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.