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" 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. "

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" That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world. "

" I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean. "

" I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive. "

" I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did. "

" I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting. "

" I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live. "

" 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. "

" I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that. "

" As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them. "

" There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women. "

" I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group. "

" It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen. "

" I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles. "

" I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf. "

" I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is. "

" The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business. "

" My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want. "

" My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back. "

" It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed. "

" Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? "

" Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again. "

" I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that. "

" I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre. "

" I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man. "

" In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail. "

" I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. "

" I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up. "