I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape.

The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing.

When I think of the future, I think of doing my washing so I've something to wear tomorrow.

I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish.

Shakespeare - it's not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it's meant to be funny it's not funny.

I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.

Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters.