I sometimes think that theatre is a torture.

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

I often don't feel like the person I look like.

Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.