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

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

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.

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.

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.

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.