I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.

I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.

If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go and that is down.

I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.

If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.

I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.