Is there anything you went through that you hope she won’t have to experience?
I hope that she creates art she feels proud of – she is a musician and actress. I hope that every memory is a good one, and if it doesn’t feel good, to try and not repeat it. To listen to your gut. And to try and not be so hard on yourself – it will all be OK. In fact, it only gets better. The 30s have been the best decade for me. I tell her this all the time.

You’re very romantic with Michael on your Instagram feed. Was it a carefully considered decision to be so public about your relationship?
I am most comfortable in my truth. We share a deep love that is a major part of my life, both as a wife and as an artistic partner [the pair are frequent collaborators on film and TV projects]. I am proud of him, of us. I believe love inspires love. Love is everything, the only thing.

You’ve been in the industry for 20 years, does it feel like that long?
Yeah, it does but in a positive way [laughs]. Life gets so much better with experience. I don’t think I fully processed the unsettled part of being a teen and in my 20s. I think some people are built for that, you can see it in their art, their angst-y rebellion is so amazing. I couldn’t wait to grow up and become more experienced and calmer because I was quite shy. I wonder if that goes back to being an only child and moving around – having to meet new people was quite challenging. Now I’m older, I don’t have any trepidation of putting myself out there and that’s something that comes from experience, even something like – I mean, I’ve done it a million times – but going to Oscar parties. It’s this part of my life that I’m really enjoying. If you hang in there long enough then people are going to have a bit of respect for you because you’ve held on to this crazy old ride of Hollywood. One of my big passions is mentoring younger people. I didn’t have a mentor and I wish that I had. If there was anything I could change I would have reached out to more people who had experience, to better understand the road that came before me. I was just so shy that the thought that anyone would talk to me was ridiculous.

Often when people have been in a career for that long they think about changing or taking a sabbatical. Does that cross your mind?
Oh my god yes, in a nice [protecting my] sanity sense. One day maybe I’ll take more than two weeks’ holiday at a time. I’m a workaholic. There are certain things that I’m exploring outside of acting. I’m married to a filmmaker and we have a production company together. We have four television shows and four movies in pre-production and right now he’s shooting a movie we’re producing and financing called No Masters about human trafficking. I want to work with people who are good, creative and authentic. It’s something I hold as a priority and should always be that way but it’s not. People get into the industry for other aspirations. I’ve always loved what I do in a very pure way so to be able to have some control from beginning to end and hopefully inject some of that purity is important.

That idea of authenticity is a growing cry isn’t it? We’ve reached peak everything and it seems like everyone is searching for something more real...
Yes! We’re at a tumultuous time and authenticity is most important. Telling authentic, important stories is critical. It fuels my fire.

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