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

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.

I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that.

Everyone 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.

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.

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.

I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that.