An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.

It's funny to be pigeonholed so late in life but there we are.

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you're suddenly in charge of other people.

Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point.

My kids are really learning everything from scratch. It's our job to be their tour guides and camp counselors and orientation people. That's a weird responsibility, especially in a world that feels as good as it feels bad.

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