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

Your desire to please... actors are people pleasers and if somebody says your vocal choice in this was ridiculous or whatever you will come back and do it differently. So, to avoid getting into a situation where you're altering your performance way down the line you have to just not do it at all. It's hard and I have done it in the past to disastrous consequences!

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.

If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

Our conception of 1950s underwear is a lovely vintage aesthetic, but actually, wearing stockings with no elastic and a girdle was heavy duty.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.