I've never seen an episode of Downton Abbey.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

I prefer watching movies on the sofa rather than sitting next to Bob Geldof at a premiere and wanting to kill yourself.

I'm a mother of three children, and we do make mistakes.

I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I've had a lot of fun playing.

Im a size 12 and Im very happy with it.

'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values.

My children have been all over the world, and I think it's so good for them: expanding their horizons and imagination and seeing how other people live.

When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them.

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

You never can tell about these mild-mannered boys.

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.

We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a sense of identity and purpose.

Words are worthless. How can you describe the other worlds?

Enlightenment is the ability to freely transact within the ten thousand states of mind without a continuous self or awareness

If you don't parent, then don't cry about who your kid is becoming.

Locally and globally, we need to be doing everything we can to help Mother Earth.

For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.

Poor soul - very sad; her late husband, you know, a very sad death - eaten by missionaries - poor soul.