We know about the issue of children being sold and adopted and taken away but what is so extraordinary is how these two people come through something like - how both of them do, in actual fact. I think that she's one of the most considerable people I've ever met, Philomena.

Work certainly does help fill a void.

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

I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

The only real failure is the failure to try.

I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.