When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.

Everything the Coen brothers do is brilliant.

One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment.

I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.

I'm good at not laughing. It's not that I don't want to. I'm too old and experienced.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.