Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective..

I think people are frightened of women making big decisions..

I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible..

Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch..

I have a massive phobia for schedules and calendars. I need people to tell me where I need to be. I can't bear to see it in black and white. I think ….

I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so bus….

I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it..

I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them..

Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, "Oh, that's….

People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of….

I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life I'd be Loretta Lynn..

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one els….

I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do..

My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emo….

After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was in….

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance..

I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people..

I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges..

I find that I put my body in my work when I am at a particularly difficult or joyous point because I want to feel that moment..

I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer..

I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself..