I feel the written word, poetry and literature is just one of the most beautiful things that human beings do. So we have to fight for it..

Americans are very good at animating voices. I don't know why. They have a freedom with them that we British actors find more difficult to get to..

I love photography, and I love the art of photography..

I always tell my husband, 'That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted,' and he's just like, 'Yeah, yeah. Sure.'.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out..

The most difficult thing about shooting guns instantly on film is to not pull a silly face while the gun is going off, because it's always a bit of a….

There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down..

It's very easy to just shout: 'Off with their heads!' Maybe in doing that you might lose something very valuable. I would like to see the monarchy co….

When I was about 25, I went to a hand reader, this Indian guy in a funky neighborhood. He said: The height of your success won't happen until you're ….

I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric of this country..

Film is a visceral experience so I think a good war movie is a valuable tool for making us understand what our military goes through, what the issues….

When I'm choosing projects to be a part of it's always a combination of so many different things. The primary thing is the director. But a very impor….

I knew I wanted to engage in the world of the imagination, but it was not economically feasible for me to study acting, so I went to a teachers' trai….

The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous, and you’re physically in peak condition. But it’s actua….

Girls go out together to see a chick flick or something. I loathe, I hate, chick flicks..

In Shakespeare's day it was women who were being burned at the stake as witches... not men. The men were thought of as alchemists. But women doing th….

I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous..

I don't throw a lot of parties. I find throwing parties a bit intimidating..

People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience..

The whole thing of clothes is insane. You can spend a dollar on a jacket in a thrift store. And you can spend a thousand dollars on a jacket in a sho….

It's outrageous. It's ridiculous. And 'twas ever thus. We all watched James Bond as he got more and more geriatric, and his girlfriends got younger a….