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

Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class.

There was nobody in the family who had ever done anything like that before. My brothers - I had two brothers. They were twins. They both became architects. They were both six years older.

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

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

Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to laugh a lot about that. I used to say I'm not going to act old, Penelope. I'll just be myself.

Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.