I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.

It made it feel impossible, quite honestly, because filming - you film come rain, come shine, come whatever. And it did rain a lot. And of course, that's what she must have gone through. Of course it rained; of course it was cold... But, you know, it really was quite hard to be out there in the rain.

When you get into the granny era, you're lucky to get anything.

It's easy to get bogged down in bad news.

People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.

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.

We can't escape the shadow, so the best thing we can do is notice the light and be open to it.