I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

I’ve learnt to listen. I don’t think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.

It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women.

I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.

People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.