I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am.

It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.

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

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

My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back.

I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women.

There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60.