The great thing about Florida is you - each city's about two hours' drive from everywhere else.

Sense of humor is so much more subjective than anyone believes.

The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack.

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.

You go in and meet the head of BBC One and get an assurance about not dumbing down. And then, of course a few months later, he's been replaced by someone you haven't met.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

Yes it's her husband. She hasn't got over it. Died thirty years ago.