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

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.

I'm not my mother. And so I'm not raising my kids in the same way. I don't respond in the same way. We don't spend our days in the same way because I don't necessarily enjoy the same things she likes to do.

It was - it's always very nice to be somebody rather grand.

I am just surprised to be doing anything at my age actually. When you think of where I am now and where I've come from, I am very pleased and very grateful to be standing up and delivering Julian's great lines.

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.