Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters.

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.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?

Logic is an organized way to go wrong with confidence. We should all know by now that a logical course is not always the right one.

In the realm of faith, there is no fear.

Good dialogue is very important.

What you're normally doing as a writer is trying to find the narrative.

A digital camera has to be kept in check like a racehorse.

You can do whatever you want to do as long as it is correct according to your conscience and heart.

Walk out like someone suddenly born into colour. Do it now.

Art is our defense against hysteria and death.