I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.

I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life I'd be Loretta Lynn.

Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.

I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.

I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!