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 can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

I'd actually really love to review books and films and plays, but you can't be an artist and a critic. I would love it if I could.

I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.

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

I think it took a long time for me to realise that as much as I respect reviews and do engage with reviewers as a viewer of the theatre, television and film it's really unhelpful. Even if people make perceptive and interesting comments about your performance, it is so subjective and you will come in and change what you do, you can't help it.

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.