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.

The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now?

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.

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

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

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.