I’m not very technically minded. I mean, I don’t know how to do e-mail on computers.
I was suddenly really famous, and I didn’t know how to cope. I didn’t know myself well enough as a person, number one, and as an actor, number two. I wanted to escape.
So I won an Oscar. It’s amazing. I’ve got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That’s it, moving on.
I’m often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They’re passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they’ve experienced hardship in their lives.
The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.
I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.
I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum… I know I am a great mother.
I think that between 27 and 37 was a really big learning decade.
The good and bad things are what form us as people… change makes us grow.
You know why I fear people’s judgment? Because I know they’re judging. I know they are.
It’s very easy to be judgmental until you know someone’s truth.
I want to keep my health and my sanity and be well and feel happy. Plus, I want to have fun.
‘Revolutionary Road’ is a fascinating study of the human condition of a fragmenting marriage and the torment that these two people put themselves through in their efforts to try and find happiness and try and stay together, actually.
It doesn’t make any sense… that’s why I trust it!
I lend my daughter beauty products, but only as a treat. If she’s going to a party, I’ll let her borrow a mascara or moisturizer.
‘Harry Potter’ really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it’s the same with the ‘Divergent’ series.
Those days of every child having a mummy and daddy who lived at home – Daddy went to work, and Mummy stayed at home and took care of everyone – those days have almost gone, and it’s so much more unconventional now.
There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it’s time to go home and wash my knickers.
Experiencing those moments of being alone… is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you’re just not used to it… But I’ve never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.
Ah, my dad’s whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we’d hear the whistle and we’d all come running. Like dogs!
My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a tarmac firm, as a van driver.
Mum and Dad were very much friends and up for life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up they just taught me to be me.