I once said to someone when I was playing Lady Macbeth and they said: "That's tricky, emotionally, what do you do about murdering your husband's cousin?" And there are, of course, things that aren't in your personal repertoire that you have to somehow understand by reading or watching other things and listening to other people talk about them.

Work certainly does help fill a void.

The only real failure is the failure to try.

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

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

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

And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most.