I'm One Of Those Strange Beasts Who

Well, I've Never Looked Upon Myself As Being A Beauty, Per Se.

The Interesting Thing For Me About The Debate About Same-sex Marriage ... Is That It's One Of Those Issues Where It Has No Impact On Anyone Apart From The People That It Impacts Upon. So I Find It Quite Bewildering That It's - That It's So Complicated For People.

I Love Theatre - It's Where I Started - And I've Directed A Play Myself. I'm Not Sure If I Want To Direct A Film, But Certainly, As An Actress, I'm Always Thinking, 'surely This Must Be My Last Film.'

We Talked About Trying To Create An Image That Would Somehow, To An Audience, Create The Sense Of Awe, Wonder And Shock That The Troops Must Have Felt That Their Monarch - And A Female Monarch - Went To The Frontline Of Battle And Was Prepared To Lay Down Her Life. This Speech Is So Well Known And Has Been Done In Virtually Every Version Of The Events Of Elizabeth's Life.

That's Why So Many People Want To Play Hamlet: Because It's A Completely Demarked Role, And The Actor Playing It Has To Be Prepared, Through The Language, To Allow The Audience To See Into Who He Is.