I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her.

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

Debate is so much better than denial.

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older.

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

When I think of the future, I think of doing my washing so I've something to wear tomorrow.

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.

Fellowshipping with people is life

I hate that word. Straight. At the very least, those of us who are nonstraight should get called curvy. Or scenic. Actually, I like that: 'Do you think she's straight?' 'Oh no. She's scenic

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.

But you know all about that, being sorry and having no words to say something when you know you should but you just can't.

Hollywood - it's either people who are unhappy or soon will be.

The phrase "work-life balance" tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.

An enemy always represents a weakness. This might be fear of physical pain, but it could also be a premature sense of victory or the desire to abandon the fight because it is no longer worthwhile.

You'd never last in South America. Fans take their radios to the stadium so they can think what the commentators think.

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.