Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

There is only one heaven, one earth and one queen (me) Queen Elizabeth is an impostor.

I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me.

Trouble is a part of life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.

I always look to my mom for strength and courage when I need it.

O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green; But as time steals onwards, while none perceives Slowly she clothes herself with leaves.

The corsets I wore in The Railway Children are still in my undies drawer, a prized relic of my favourite film

With faces like dead lovers who died true.

Don't lose a diamond while chasing glitter honey

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

I was seduced by the idea that even in the dark, we are still as complex and detailed as we are in the light.

At times people who are extremely sad become lighthearted for the most trivial reasons, merely to obtain the relief furnished by the exactly opposite condition.

Adapting our own perception, following rather than leading and building bridges are all keys to helping the child with autism learn.

Youth condemns; maturity condones

Feeling loved by God means feeling glad not only that He crushed His Son so that I can be forgiven, but that He's crushing everything that takes away from my praising of the glory of His grace.

Love was a rare thing, easily confused with a million other things, and if anybody knew this to be true it was him.

Theatre has so many competitors, it's no longer enough to see and hear a play. You want to be able to touch and smell it, too.

As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go.

A soul trembling to sit by a hearth so bright, To exist again, it’s enough if I borrow from Your lips the breath of my name you murmur all night.

I really love cursing a lot. But as I get older, I realize it's a little unseemly for women of a certain age.