I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything. You have to laugh (2004)
It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies. You have to laugh (2004)
I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen. I did Desdemona [at the National, opposite Olivier] with great discomfort and was terrified all the time. But then everyone was terrified of Larry. You have to laugh (2004)