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.

I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything.

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.

Where you get people who want to take a picture of you or take a picture of them with you.

I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.

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

I'm so moved to hear Celia Johnson again, so lovely.