She [my wife] has had a Caesarean, so she can't bend over. It's a good excuse [for not changing nappies], I suppose.

I love living in London but I would like to buy a place in Dubai and spend a few months of the year out there.

I don't feel sorry for myself.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

I can never sit still for five minutes.

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.

I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.

I have no interest in anyone who wants to criticise me, or doesn't like me despite never having met me.

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I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

Whenever man fights with somebody else he is fighting with his own truth at the same time

I would like to live. . . open to time and death painlessly, noticing everything, remembering nothing, choosing the given with a fierce and pointed will.

It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.

To a teenager, it cannot be true love if her family approves of him.

There's nothing like space and the ability to make unlimited amounts of noise at any time, especially in San Francisco.

We are all experiments in enthusiasms, narrow and preordained.

London is full of creative people - you can never say that it's not.

Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system.

As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in television, I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.

Tigers love pepper...they hate cinnamon.