Lazy thinking is not creative or productive..

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave..

A film is not a documentary. And what's wonderful about film is that it's a real provocation for people. I never, ever see film as being an absolute ….

The emoji still doesn't really speak to the complexity that actually - or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face..

Absolutely, I think that is where a scent is so powerful because it harnesses our memory and our memory is a very emotional place. I do like the smel….

After a run of several night events, you begin to appreciate the solitude and the quiet backstage..

Some days I'm very lazy, and some days I'm more inspired. I've got things I've had since I was fifteen - I don't throw anything away. I prefer to giv….

I think when you fall in love, whether you're heterosexual, transgender, gay, lesbian, whatever, straight, you feel like it's happening to you for th….

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have..

It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape tha….

Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who….

An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.'.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form..

Personally, I prefer to play against the look: If a character appears particularly unhinged, with makeup running down her face, I like to play her as….

You don't fully understand the meaning of a work until the audience responds to it. Because the audience completes the circle, and adds a whole other….

I think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound people..

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was ….

I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character w….

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth..

Women have been doing very, very strange things for centuries. I mean ancient Egyptians were already doing that, but I don't necessarily judge people….

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's wh….