I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine..

When children arrive, or when some crisis occurs, couples don't have the resources to deal with it because they've been so busy getting on with their….

New Yorkers are either the nicest or the rudest..

I've always thought if you watch the performance and you don't know about the person, then you only see the performance..

But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like ….

The older you get, the better you get, because you've seen more. You don't necessarily have to go through a lot, but you have to witness it in order ….

I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid..

I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself..

My mother and father are still together after forty something years. I lived in one place till I was 6. I lived in another place from when I was 6 ti….

I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden..

You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there..

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American..

People are calling a lot, sending scripts my way. Yes, it's wonderful because, let's face it, there aren't many wonderful scripts for women over the ….

If you play men, in a way it's easier. You can have a voicebox, you can have false hair, mustaches, wigs, you can have all kinds of stuff. But when y….

We are a very close family, and I love them very much, but I'm definitely the odd one out. I live a completely different kind of life style. I always….

Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to have traditional va….

When youre a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench..

Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition..

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and wh….

I just want people to focus on the performance..

It's naive to think there is a woman in the world who isn't brought up to believe that they are waiting for their soul mate. You even see it in Disne….