I tried Botox, but I don't want to be hooked on that stuff.

War is good for absolutely nothing, because no matter how far and wide apart we may live, we're all the same under the skin. We all want to live, laugh and love.

I wear my lines like a soldier wears his medals. They've been earned. They've been fought for - so there's no reason to be ashamed of them. In your 50s, you just care less about that sort of thing. I think it's to do with what's inside you. You can't obsess about the outside.

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, the higher your profile, the more castable you are in TV dramas.

I can honestly say I love getting older. Then again, I never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

I think being raised by a single mother put me on the outside, and I would watch my mothers married friends and think, Why does she put him down in public? or, Why is he so rude to her? It seemed to me that there were very few marriages where the couple were genuinely in a supportive, loving partnership.