I Like To Think I'm A Listener,

I Still Love Coming Into Work Everyday After So Many Years Working As An Actress. I've Been Working More Or Less Continuously And I Find I Have To Really Want To Do The Project To Make It Work Because You Have To Put Such An Enormous Amount Of Effort Into It.

I Always Start From Scratch With A Character - They're Never Based On Anyone Else. You Get Ideas Of What People Look Like, And I'm A Great People Watcher. You Can Draw Inspiration From People.

I Could Suddenly See The Pressures All Around; These Endless Magazines And Cheap Reality Tv Programmes Poking At Women, Humiliating Us For Every Flaw. It Makes Me So Angry. I Really Wonder What It Is We Are Doing To Ourselves, Because I Do Think Women Can Be The Worst Ones For Picking Each Other Apart.

I Like To Think I'm A Listener, And I'm Fascinated By Observing People - I Suppose You Just Lock That In.

I Think You Know What You're Up Against When You Take On A Piece That You Know Is Going To Involve Dragging Up A Lot Emotions - You Can End Up Being Deeply Immersed In Gloom.