Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics.

There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you.

Without question, of the heterosexual men that I've spoken to over the years, that's usually - they say, you know, my favorite thing you've ever done was Linda or Sophie. And they were a particular kind of very feminine, recessive kind of personality. So they fell in love with her, but they didn't feel the story through her body.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

Yeah, I did need a lot of breath [to play Margaret Thatcher]. I needed much more breath than I have, after all of my expensive drama school training. I couldn't keep up with her.