I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do..

It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents..

Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys..

I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32..

Films are just consumables..

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look..

As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think….

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people..

It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet..

I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how ….

I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against….

People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my f….

I'm very good at forgetting people..

I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now..

You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good..

I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you shou….

If anyone says 'Let's have a girls' night out', I will run in the opposite direction..

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly..

Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty..

It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages..

I was terrible at school..