The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted..

I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way..

My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character..

If the role is right and it's another situation of having a benevolent genius at the head of it, someone who likes actors, and will protect the actor….

I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was always too... genue. My career has completely….

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worrie….

I love the ups and downs and the eccentricities of my career. The worst movies have produced some of the best friendships..

It was fine when I was single and childless. Carrying the responsibility of screwing up your kids at the same time is huge. I remember when I got Pet….

I hope I never get in the situation where I refuse to audition, because I think people have a right to see you interpreting the character, and if you….

I don't tend to spend the whole day in the personality of the person I'm playing..

When the Hollywood thing happened, I thought at some point I'd get to the front of the queue: 'Yes, hello, I'd like to play that role.' But you don't….

I think it's quite lucky that I lead this lifestyle, and in fact, my career's only gotten better as I've looked older, because it ages you, the uncer….

My agents were like "Come to L.A., we've got meetings for you." I was like "No, I'm doing this now." Then my father became very ill back in England, ….

There are movies where I've walked onto the set and felt, "This is home," and I'm confident in myself and my work, but that was my first experience o….

For me, selfishly, The Postman didn't kill my career. It meant I didn't shoot straight and painfully into the limelight, but Rushmore came out of it.….

It's funny, when people want things to be very truthful and you're dealing with an inexperienced actor. I'm of the school that believes things like t….

The way I miss my daughter Esme is to worry about her. It is not a pleasurable longing. It contorts my body and scrambles my brain, makes me stop bre….

My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one..

Roman Polanski actually said as much to me once. He had his head in his hands, and I said, "Roman, I've got to tell you, as an actor, seeing the dire….

Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rather than our nannies and au pairs..

My very first friend was my stand-in, who's a very dear friend to this day, and she kind of saved my ass. She told me where to stand and where the ca….