A US talent agent once told me an Indian woman could never have a career in Hollywood. It was heartbreaking, but she was merely highlighting the harsh reality at the time.

ACTRESS ARCHIE PANJABI on the worst thing she was told. She has since starred in the American TV series The Good Wife

She's five going on 13. She looks like a '90s grunge girl. And has the attitude to go with it.

ACTRESS DREW BARRYMORE on her daughter Olive

It's your revolution against it that pushes art forward. I believe in that. If young people will be looking at me and going, 'Well, I don't want to do it like that,' they will be the ones who will actually push the whole thing forward.

ACTRESS HELEN MIRREN