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

The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing.

Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

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

I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf.

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.

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.