I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.

There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.