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

To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends.

When I was 14 I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.

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

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realized I was in it.

Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.