I Was Never A Left-winger, Actually. I

I've Been Working Every Year Since I Started Acting, And I Got Many Awards Before I Won The Oscar For 'the Queen.'

I Think The War Movie Genre Is A Very Important Genre In Film. Film Gives You A Visceral Experience Of Something That You Would Never Otherwise Experience. To Give The Audience A Real Feeling Of What Maybe A Certain Kind Of Warfare Would Be Like I Thought Was Great.

In Shakespeare's Day It Was Women Who Were Being Burned At The Stake As Witches... Not Men. The Men Were Thought Of As Alchemists. But Women Doing The Same Thing Would Be A Witch And Would Be Burned.

It Was Not My Destiny, I Kept Thinking It Would Be, Waiting For It To Happen, But It Never Did, And I Didn't Care What People Thought ... It Was Only Boring Old Men Who Would Ask Me. And Whenever They Went, 'what? No Children? Well, You'd Better Get On With It, Old Girl,' I'd Say 'no! F*** Off!'

The Hardest Period In Life Is One’s Twenties. It’s A Shame Because You’re Your Most Gorgeous, And You’re Physically In Peak Condition. But It’s Actually When You’re Most Insecure And Full Of Self-doubt. When You Don’t Know What’s Going To Happen, It’s Frightening.