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

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

I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend?

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

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

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

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.