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

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.

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

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.

Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.

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