I've always liked new writing.

If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates.

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.

You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.

Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.

I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense?

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another.

Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.

I’m going to drag you down to the basement, kneel at your feet, rip your jeans down and I’m going to make you come so hard with my tongue the whole damn pub will think you’re being murdered.

Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.

Because of old sports injuries, yoga has become a physical lifesaver.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise

Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often a lack of courage.

My heart is to help hurting people. I teach people God's Word so they can overcome their problems and avoid some of the tough lessons I had to learn.

Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods.

More precious than life is love, for there can be no life without love.

My most radical shift was leaving Intel and joining Google, a small startup at the time, even though I was pregnant.

All religions begin with the cry Help.