I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.

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

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

I'm far, far, far from that. But of course, that's one of the joys of acting is that you can move up in the world, even if - you know, in the characters that you're playing, even if you don't.

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

I just did adore Daniel - Daniel Radcliffe, who I had worked with before "Harry Potter" and spent a long time telling all the producers they had to see him because I thought he was so terrific. And it's been sad thinking about it because of Alan Rickman.

It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see…I can only hope that’s correct, because there’s an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others.