I'd actually really love to review books and films and plays, but you can't be an artist and a critic. I would love it if I could.

I can't spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.

My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.

Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.

I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

I don't really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don't really want to sign up for.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight.

Motherhood so often comes in conflict with women's capacity to express and live their own lives.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.

Don’t just be able

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

You've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality

If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours.

The fact is, everyone is in sales. Whatever area you work in, you do have clients and you do need to sell.

Many people don't focus enough on execution. If you make a commitment to get something done, you need to follow through on that commitment.

Good posture and an attitude let you get away with anything.

The guy who's in charge isn't going to be the front man, ever.

My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.