If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there paralysed with boredom.

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

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

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.

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

I love '30 Rock.' Absolutely love it. It's a game-changing show.

Postwar Europe was morally stagnant, and there was a lot of neo-conservatism.