I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.

I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.

I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

I want to play interesting women.

I was a tomboy.

I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.

I'll say anything to live.

I'm marriable. But I'm not married.

I'm not saving lives.

I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.

I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.

In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

In therapy you sit down; in analysis you lie down.

Most people care what people think about them... we all do.