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.

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

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

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

My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.

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