I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.

There were male colleges, and there were very few female colleges.

I had a very good English teacher who said to me that she thought I ought to do it. She - I don't know, she saw something thank goodness because I think if it hadn't been encouraged by somebody that serious, I'm not sure what would've happened to me.

I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much. I think of Cocoon and Driving Miss Daisy. But they always seem to be fairly successful, so it's a bit baffling as to why everybody has to be treated as if they were five-years-old.

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

People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you.

The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.