You Learn An Enormous Lot Through Failure.

Maybe This Is My Morality Coming In Again But It Was Important To Me That The Actor [ In Notes On A Scandal] Was Above The Age Of Consent. Although Really, What's The Difference Between 15 And 16? It's The Law, Yeah, But He's Very Mature.

When Something Is A Vocation, You Don't Really Make A Decision About It.

It Was Fantastic To Be Able To Have My Kids On Set. Dash, My Eldest Son, Who’s Not Quite Five, Was Into Knights And His Godmother Had Given Him A Plastic Marks & Spencer Knights’ Outfit And [first Assistant Director] Tommy Gormley Said That He Could Stand To Protect Me During The Scene Where Clive [owen] Is Talking About The Immensity Of Sitting On The Throne. I’m Actually Looking Through An Archway At My Son Standing In His Knights’ Costume Protecting Me!

When You're Onstage, You're Acutely Aware Of The Reaction Of A Particular Group Of People, Because It's Like A Wave.

All Cities Do Face Similar, Significant Trends In The Future... Most Importantly Global Warming And Climate Change.