I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting - whoosh! in your face. That's why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do.

This is just the loveliest news. I'm so happy for everybody involved, and so proud to have been part of the wonderful experience that Philomena has been.

I don`t like reading scripts very much. I like it better for someone to just explain to me what it is about this story.

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.

I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old.

I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.