I have never been interested in specific roles.

At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education.

Being tiny has been difficult for me in a business that regarded physicality as the most important part of your life.

However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.

I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure.

You can do anything you want to do.

Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all fre

One of the fastest ways you can profoundly change your life is to rid yourself of toxic people.

What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling.

When we started out, you could design a chip with a few guys in a basement.

I am so girly. I love dresses.

The future for me is already a thing of the past - You were my first love and you will be my last

A lot of why we become actors is to fill a void that we have and a part of that void is to live out and tell stories that we've lived or that we hope would have been different in our own lives.

We normally consider stability to be the constant in life and accidents to be the exception, but it's exactly the opposite. In reality, the accident is the rule and stability is the exception.

I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly just curiosity to see what you can do.

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there