There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it.

I think you can teach people a technique - you can teach them how to use their voices, how to breathe properly, how to move their limbs a certain way. But to actually explain how one performs comedy or drama or tragedy isn't the same as the movements one makes.

I have a completely new knee. It's brilliant. I am not feeling my age at all. I feel about 43, a willowy blonde 43 years old with long legs.

The theater is the thing I love doing most.

I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind.

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.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.