'I've earned every penny': Minnie Driver reveals work worries still leave her anxious

Minnie Driver has revealed how worries about whether she'll keep getting work can sometimes leave her struggling to sleep.

The actress, 52, soared to fame in the 1990s with roles in Circle of Friends and Good Will Hunting, for which she was nominated for an Oscar.

Despite her success, she told The Sunday Times' magazine that can still suffer from fears about what will happen to her financially if the job opportunities disappear.

She said: "I sometimes lie awake at night worrying about how I’ll butter my parsnips if the work disappears, because I’ve earned every penny I have.

"I try to meet that existential anxiety head-on with even more loving, surfing and appreciation of what I do have. Staying creative keeps the engine going.

"The phone rings with opportunities, but you also have to create your own."

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Driver, who has a 14-year-old son Henry, lives in a mobile home in Malibu, California with her filmmaker boyfriend Addison O’Dea.

Also in the interview, she insisted she still has a "love" for the Hollywood world, but prefers going to the Oscars and Golden Globes parties and friends’ premieres more now she's older.

Driver explained: "In your twenties, showing up is partly a function of you getting more work. Now I can enjoy the party a bit more."

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She also revealed that as a young actress in the early 1990s "you could be intelligent and beautiful, but really the beauty mattered most".

The star added that it was "partly why it was so satisfying" to be nominated for an Oscar, since studio boss Harvey Weinstein had allegedly claimed she wasn't "hot" enough for the role.

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