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.

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.

Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments.

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it!

What really matters to me is what my peers think.

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.