I swear to God, I would marry the first person who asked me, just because it seems so completely impossible that anyone would ask.

You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.

As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.

There is absolutely no point in sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself. The great power you have is to let go ... focus on what you have, no that which has been mean or unkindly removed.

The Masonic aspect of Hollywood is so bizarre.

I like the theater enormously, but I truly love films - the whole bizarre, boring process that it can be.

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.

Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile.

But I love filmmaking - I'm not ashamed of that. You're sort of vilified if you say that in England.

I really fancy Harrison Ford. I've got to say I think he's really divine. He's, like, an older man, I guess, although he's not really that old, obviously. I don't want to offend him

I live a generally quiet life, as it were.

On the inner side of the aquarium of reality, beliefs define the area of the prison.

Sometimes they [people] throw off their freedom so quickly, you'd think it was burning them.

True emotions yearn for genre love of God

Radio listeners often have a very fertile imagination when it comes to body shape.

It’s easy to do right when everything goes right. But let everything go wrong, and see how difficult it becomes.

Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.

Every musical scene has a cycle.

Press on! Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope. Understood?

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.