Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape.

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Fans want you to be something super-human, something that's impossible for any human being to be.

When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything else.

What's nice about the rain is you don't feel you have to live up to anything. Everything around you is so grey and wet and damp and dreary that you don't feel you have to smile and percolate as you do on a sunny spring day.

Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.