I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him - but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress.

You have to go through the long, painful process of learning techniques to be able to recognize a "good accident" or a "bad accident."

American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.

Women are always self-effacing and self-denying. There's a term that enrages me, and I always used to swear that I'd never play characters described that way. The term is "long-suffering."

I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.