It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.
Julie WaltersAs 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.
Julie WaltersEveryone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes.
Julie WaltersI think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.
Julie Walters