Anna friel

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

I want more children but for the next three years I want to act.

I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal.

Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite...

For me personally, everything is on a kiss.

For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue.

You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year.

I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money.

I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size.

David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience.