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We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.

I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'

My sister Kathleen - one year older - was the school's acting legend. Her thing was getting all the parts, even Tiresias. And I wasn't going to mess with that.

Everybody who's played Marilyn Monroe before has gone down in flames. It's impossible to capture Marilyn Monroe.

The last couple of roles I missed out on went to Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Biel and Olivia Wilde.

Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles.

I don't have the acting skills my daughter has.

In government, one actress is enough.