My Career Is Chequered. Then

Which Is Strange - I've Always Thought Of Myself As Someone Who Writes Out Of Difficulty. And I Did Do That, But I Came Out On The Side Of Light More Often Than Not.

Alan Rickman Was Such A Terrific Actor, And That Was Such A Terrific Character That He Played. And It Was A Joy To Be With Him. We Used To Laugh Together Because We Ran Out Of Reaction Shots. They Were Always - When Everything Had Been Done And The Children Were Finished, They Would Turn The Camera Around And We'd Have To Do Various Reaction Shots Of Amazement Or Sadness And Things. We Used To Say We'd Got To About Number 200-and-something And We'd Run Out Of Knowing What To Do When The Camera Came Around On Us. But He Was A Joy.

I Think Everybody Who Was In It Thought They Were All Going To Be Eartha Kitt Or Be Big Stars. That Didn't Happen, But It Was A Wake-up Call To Have One's First Professional Job On Broadway, I Must Say.

If Someone Is Going To Talk About The Process Of Making A Film, It Should Be The Director.

Don't Be Defeatist, Dear, It's Very Middle Class.