I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

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

I'm always fearful. … Fear generates in you a huge energy. You can use it. When I feel that mounting fear, I think, 'Oh, yes, there it is!' It's like petrol.

It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.

Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own.

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.