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 think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

The theater is the thing I love doing most.

Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.

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.

I played Iris Murdoch, who had not long died, and I felt the responsibility very heavy on my shoulders.