I don't really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don't really want to sign up for.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

I would like to know that I was still going to be employed as a woman well into my 60s. In acting terms, a career that spans a lifetime is a very hard thing to achieve, particularly as a woman.

As a kid, I really loved 'Jane Eyre,' I used to fantasise that the past was so much better and my lifetime was crap.

If you read reviews that you think by their very nature are not respectful of the actresses involved or not appreciating the work as it should be, I think you should write to reviewers or comment and say, "Are you kidding me?"

I have a very strong, probably slightly aggressive personality, and so that just ends up coming out regardless of what I try to do.

I would argue that something dark is lurking between the sexes, and that it is seeping out into cinema.