When I play a part, I never think about likability..

Seeing someone you know be good at something is really appealing. Seeing how Darren Aronofsky behaved on set, it was another aspect of him, the direc….

I'd like to be wanted for my body, too! As an actor I want to play all different kinds of women - independent women but also very vulnerable women..

I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work ….

The thing about acting is even if you get technically more skilled at what you do, every time you begin a film or a play you're terrified. You don't ….

Normally, I would do research. For The Constant Gardener, I played an activist, so I went to meet activists. You can find them dotted around. But wit….

Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control..

I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing..

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I fin….

To come to the Oscars for the first time and be seven months pregnant is quite a thing!.

I am proud of what I am. I am a librarian..

You know, you can't see or touch and isn't embodied. But they were all fallible, the Gods. And they would kind of rise and fall. You know, they all, ….

As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. Th….

I don't judge the character at all. It's a bit like being someone's defense lawyer - you have to believe in their innocence in order to defend them..

I would LOVE to be in the Star Trek sequel! Yeah! I would love to! I better write that letter to J.J.[Abrahams].

I think mystery is kind of great. I don't know anything about Bette Davis or Katharine Hepburn or Ava Gardner - not really - and I like that. I love ….

I want to play interesting women..

The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that. But I don't….

I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and ever….

I wasn't a person who was longing forever to have a baby; the desire came up suddenly..

At the end of the day, flirting is a pretty universal language. Americans are more direct. British people are more indirect about everything.