If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?

I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.

I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education.

What really matters to me is what my peers think.

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better.

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.