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I certainly don't recognise myself as the horrible sexist portrayed in media reports, and I don't think the women who have worked with me throughout my career do either.

I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist.

What offends me more than something sexist is something poorly written or unfunny or cliched.

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.

I love playing women, and I think that this is a throughline to a lot of the characters I've played - they all have this aspect of being wronged. And I think, a lot of the time, the characters are actually wronged by themselves, and they find someone else to blame it on.

I know I'll never be put in the position of making the adulterous mistake, but there are mistakes along the way that are as complicated, that get blown out of proportion because you're not willing to admit that you've made them.

I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too.

I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.

I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.