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.

The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.

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

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.

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

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.

I'm interested in politics, what's going on in the world, how people behave and how your life is often in the hands of other people.