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.

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.

I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is just the most beautiful city.

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.