I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.

It might be quite boring if you did something and thought it was perfect.

I wouldn't feel comfortable talking to someone I didn't know very well and, beyond that person, a readership of X millions, about things I think are private.

I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.

I've enjoyed all the work I've done, and I feel quite lucky that I haven't been playing sweet girls all the time.

My family weren't actors, and we didn't know any actors. It wasn't even something I was aware you could do as a job. I thought you had to be a Redgrave or a Barrymore before you were allowed to go to drama school.