I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

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 think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance.

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

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 don't feel 'vibes' when I enter a building - don't feel the previous owners looking down on me. But I do know when a place feels friendly.

So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.

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.

Mankind needs new law to embrace new science.

I'm married - I've caught my limit.

It's not like I go into the studio and say I'm going to try to make music to prove to somebody that I can make music.

I've not got a girlfriend at the moment. Somebody said, 'Do you worry girls are just giving you attention because of who you are?' I was like, 'I'm 17, it's wonderful.'

I have no interest in sailing around the world. Not that there is any lack of requests for me to do so.

When God is truly angry, He will not send vengeful angels. He will send Magdalena. Then take her away.

I like money, but I want status.

To run with the majority during the race of life is to be mediocre all of the time and wrong most of the time.

Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses.

The man who is all morality and intellect, although he may be good and even great, is, after all, only half a man.