I played Iris Murdoch, who had not long died, and I felt the responsibility very heavy on my shoulders. 
I like to push myself beyond the limit every now and again. 
There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. 
Seriously, though, I think I never ceased to be grateful of the fact that I am able to do a job that I really love - I never got over that. 
I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late. 
Every experience that you experience yourself you use, because that's our craft. 
I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like. 
Never fall out of love with life 
I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor. 
It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better. 
I love being part of a company, and telling a story. 
I have a completely new knee. It's brilliant. I am not feeling my age at all. I feel about 43, a willowy blonde 43 years old with long legs. 
When we are together, there is nothing we cannot achieve', which is something Michael used to say. 
It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed. 
My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl. 
The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater. 
I need to learn every day. 
Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump. 
It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done. 
Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage. 
I wanted to be a set designer when I was young. 
Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned. 
Don't think I am going to let Bob Hoskins take all his clothes off and me not take a look? I just had a quick look up and down, like you would. 
People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't. 
I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down. 
There are very few things that surprise me. 
I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old. 
In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me. 
I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a huge amount of energy. 