Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard.

I'm far, far, far from that. But of course, that's one of the joys of acting is that you can move up in the world, even if - you know, in the characters that you're playing, even if you don't.

There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.

It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.

I find it very difficult to do anything on my own now because people recognize me. This has never happened to me before because I haven't really done television before. But I suppose if you're in people's rooms all the time, I don't know - I was thinking the other night with people like DiCaprio and, you know, those big stars and Cate Blanchett, and you just think how did they exist? It's so difficult. And I think now it's very intrusive because of these cellphones, you know, with cameras.

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.

The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.