When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for. - Helena Bonham Carter

There is no normality in life. Having two houses means that we can get out of each other's hair - which, let's face it, we've both got a lot of.

On the day Billy was born, it was like walking through a mirror and everything was Technicolor. My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family it went into sudden widescreen.

He had zero experience but he was really good. The irony is, given the fact that the character can't play very well, is that he's actually a brilliant footballer.