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

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" 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'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 listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education. "

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

" 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! "

" I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.' "

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

" 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. "

" I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it. "

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

" 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! "

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

" When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born. "

" 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. "

" Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be. "

" 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 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. "

" It's what people create that makes my heart stop. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A perfect weekend in London has to start on Friday night, by going to the theatre, the Donmar or the National. It's a cliche for an actor, but I enjoy going as much as possible. "

" There are a lot of little lessons that can be taught around the home without sitting a child down and boring them to death with your philosophy of life! "

" As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it. "

" My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent. "