I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family your lover your wife and at a certain point with your children.

My work's never been accepted by my family but it's something I'll always carry on with.

There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.

My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge huge thing.

I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.

For my own family I would always choose the makeshift surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.

I always tried to do things by example even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well spending time with my family and reading learning things.

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.