We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring

I read "Pride and Prejudice" [by Jane Austen]. I was gobsmacked by it - it's so funny and so modern. Unbelievable. You don't expect funny to come through after 200 years - humor doesn't transcend decades, let alone centuries.

I was having my teens in my 30s.

In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail.

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.