Everything, every part that you approach has to be somehow rooted in yourself. You have to somehow root everything so that it's not just words coming out of you.

I felt quite a responsibility when I played Elizabeth I but nobody here remembers her! And then I felt a responsibility when I played Queen Victoria but not many people remember her.

I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.

I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes.

It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.

I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a huge amount of energy.

I get sillier as I get older, so I don't know what wisdom means. I can only pass on something that I've been acquainted with and let whomever it is pick the bones out of it