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" People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals. "

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" I use my awards as doorstops. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library - they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces. "

" Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments. "

" I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome. "

" I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of. "

" Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie. "

" If you think you are beautiful in a scene, you will come across as beautiful. I don't think looks are important; I think what's important is if someone is sexy. "

" So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people. "

" America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to. "

" I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better. "

" To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends. "

" I really love my food. My favourite thing is artichokes. I am not so much interested in desserts or chocolate, though. I also like to cook with my husband Damian. "

" I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of 'Performance' called 'The Entertainer' with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice. "

" Childhood has definitely been invented, hasn't it? I think that's because people had children later, and we appreciate and cherish childhood a lot more. "

" What interests me about life most is people, and the why of the world. That's what theatre looks at: it examines life, and gives it a cohesiveness that life doesn't have. "

" You can be moved by a performance on set, but when you see it on screen, it does nothing. Yet there will be someone you simply didn't notice on set that on screen: bam! "

" I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it. "

" The only time I ever spend alone is when I am working or when my husband is away filming. I put the kids to bed and have an hour and a half in the evening for myself. "

" I love live performance and have huge admiration for people who can really do it. It's the same with music: I'll play a record and think that I'm not really into country or ragga. But, if it's live and the musicians are good, I'll listen to pretty much anything. "

" What really matters to me is what my peers think. "

" Appallingly, I hadn't thought about it one jot. I never daydreamed as a little girl of getting married and having children. I was as surprised to discover I was getting married as I was to discover I was up the duff. "

Having Children

" I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it. "

" I was a real art freak when I was a teenager. "

" I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours. "

" People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: 'Why would anyone want their children to be the brightest?' Academia is a lonely world. "

" I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there. "

" I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'. "

" In the area we live, there's a large show of children who run from one house to another house to another house. That's lovely because it means all the children play together, and all the adults get to sit around and have coffees and read the papers or go to the park. "

" Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women are not losing their figures now. "

" The benefits of feminism for someone like my husband are fantastic. He can stay at home with the kids, he can take them to a park, he does the school run. "

" I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it! "