I cheated at the Model United Nations when I was 13 and had to get up and apologise in front of the whole conference.

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 want people to think I'm sexy, but to know also that I've got an ordinary body and not feel intimidated.

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.

Motherhood so often comes in conflict with women's capacity to express and live their own lives.

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.

I don't really want to play parts that I think are not fully developed or fleshed out, especially with female roles.