Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were ….

At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal w….

Children should always be brave and do something about bullying. Its not okay to stand by and let it happen. Bullies thrive off secrecy. Children sho….

Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought ….

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense?.

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you at….

I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true ….

Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations..

I don't think it's that I don't like Sondheim. It's that I find it really... I don't know how to describe it. Doing it is the most extraordinary thin….

We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think 'I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and prod….

I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That’s what makes me interested in them, that they didn’t present th….

You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough..

I've always liked new writing..

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt..

Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful,….

Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be..

The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Pott….

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does..

If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates..

I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that.

A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that….