As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

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.

Debate is so much better than denial.

I can talk myself so much into my part.

I've never done so much bloody crying in my life. I was always moaning about how hard it was when we were shooting, how awful I felt.

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.