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" My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl. "

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" I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again. "

" I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes. "

" It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare. "

" I need to learn every day. "

" I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old. "

" In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all. "

" I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other. "

" I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do. "

" In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me. "

" I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right. "

" Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was. "

" It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed. "

" It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. "

" People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth. "

" Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage. "

" I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting - whoosh! in your face. That's why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do. "

" I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down. "

" I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind. "

" People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't. "

" Work certainly does help fill a void. "

" I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late. "

" I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor. "

" I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination. "

" The theater is the thing I love doing most. "

" Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace I had a burning desire to visit. "

" And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most. "

" I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me. "

" I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day. "

" Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned. "

" I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea. "