Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.

Never fall out of love with life

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

I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

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.

The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.

It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.