I thought I was doing a small play in an experimental theater, and I couldn't believe the reaction it got, ... I was so nervous the opening night, and then, once the play started, I thought, 'Just go for it.'

have to play a 22-year-old, and she's nearly 40. ... They said, 'How about Hilary Swank?' I said, 'Great, fine, whoever.' I would have said, 'Great, fine, whoever,' if they had said Roseanne Barr. I stopped paying attention because I'm focusing on my future, not my past.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.

Not to be too detailed, but I've had an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages and I've had fertility treatments. I've done all the stuff you can possibly do to try get pregnant.

If you're going to be with someone, you're with them, you're committed to them. I'm not sort of flitting around.