Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

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.

Chinese immigrant: "Americans make a mere practice of loving justice.

A bitter man needs to place his troubles on the front of his tongue so that they taste sweeter.

Without seeing the whole picture and without knowing the whole story of a man’s life, our judgements about him will most probably be wrong and unfair!

When we fixate on the worst in something, we render ourselves incapable of fixing anything... But attend to the good in something - and we act towards the best in everything.

Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.

I found real fulfillment through my children and through adopting special needs kids.

How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been completed.

The spirits run riot in youth.

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.