With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance.

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow.

I don't think actors ever retire, they just stop being asked to work.

I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.