An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.

Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.

If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.

I click to buy it and I’m furious to discover that it’s not available in Ireland and they won’t post it from abroad and the only place that sells it is Harrods and it’s impossible for me to go to Harrods because it’s like being trapped in an Escher painting.

It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.