Now, honestly, every movie set that I go on, I walk onto set with the confidence that there is nothing that they can throw at me that's gonna surprise me.

My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn’t have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It’s an interesting, subtle relationship.

I don’t think I will be less good because there’s less pressure on me.

Friends always say you don’t realise how robust your baby is until you drop it.

I’ve always been creative, I think.

In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn’t affect me; I’d just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.

It’s an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It’s like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can’t take that lightly.

I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn’t even rebel as a teenager.

When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn’t get in – twice.

I don’t know what makes a marriage work. My husband and I don’t have it right at all; it’s very tough on him. From the outside it looks like it’s all about me – I have a glorious career and he doesn’t.