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Last week Nicole Kidman told the US Congress that Hollywood contributed to violence against women by portraying them as sex objects, and Matt Damon revealed that he turned down scripts if they featured gratuitous violence.

I have a huge issue with Hollywood actors who don't use their power in a way that's really constructive. For example, if they do a big blockbuster action film and they're playing someone violent, yet they don't have a say over the movie's poster and whether they appear naked in it, or with weapons. What does that say to the children who are in the backs of cars being driven around cities?

You want to be proud of all the choices you make and your reasons for making them.

Actors can be manipulated. They can think you are involved in something with a message, and it can turn into something else altogether. They are at the mercy of the director, the director is at the mercy of the producer, and the producer is at the mercy of the financier. People can change the script and they have the right to do so.

I admire Nicole Kidman for speaking out. It was a brave thing to do. For her, the difficulties multiply - it's a different world. You have obligations, you have to respect the studios that keep employing you. You probably have houses all over the world you would like to keep . . . It must be hard at times to keep making conscientious choices - and not everyone does. Some people think they just want to act, and don't care about the broader message.