I don't want to just be another actor in L.A. looking for a job.

I think I have a period drama face. That's the reason I've always gone back to the West End, because for me, that's where all the interesting roles have been.

I know I'll always want to come back to theatre, and I also thought if I can crack classical acting, everything else will probably seem easier.

I think I was quite difficult to cast when I was in my twenties because I never looked like Cameron Diaz. I'm not talking myself down, but I was never going to be the romantic lead in a Hollywood blockbuster. You need better cheekbones and longer legs.

It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.

I don't think anything changes after marriage. Things change in a big way after becoming a mother.

I've praised Obama's record on same-sex equality as enthusiastically as anyone: it's one area where his record has been impressive. I understand, and have expressed, the emotional importance for LGBT Americans of his marriage announcement as well as its political significance.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.