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.

It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.

I love a bit of a sequin and a bead. I do, even though I usually wear trousers, when I put a frock on. I like a bead or a sequin.

I don't think they're more temperamental people now. With social media we hear a lot more about it. The nastiness you get online, there were always mean girls - always - they didn't have such a big forum as they do now. Mean girls ought to get a life, I think.

I think we're all capable of bad things but luckily most of us are able to curb ourselves.

I do have friends in Australia who now refer to me as 'Hollywood Jack.'