Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.
We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring
You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.
I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend?
That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.
I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.