That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not because of all the classical….

I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room..

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, ….

The experience of having a child does crack you wide open. I felt like I suddenly had to rebuild the skin that I'd grown over the years before having….

The level of sacrifice in the world of dancing is incredibly intense, that work ethic if nothing else - get up, go to class, rehearsal, performance, ….

I think it helps to have a good old-fashioned trajectory, plodding along. Obviously one has an ego and it's really easy to have that ego tickled, but….

In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain ….

Healthy love, I always think, is... wanting the person you love to be more of themselves. And I think for a parent that's a challenge, because you ha….

The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, t….

I am very lucky. I have known wonderful romantic love in my life but to actually see this little creature and find him to be the most beautiful creat….

I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing your costume underneath your own clothes! I sup….

I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other peopl….

I don't look like Catherine Zeta-Jones, so I don't think Hollywood would be that interested in me, to be honest. I just want nice work..

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them bett….

There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress..

I didn't really know anything about Margot Fonteyn. I'd never really been a ballet child, so I had no idea what an incredibly huge icon she was, not ….