The Thing Is, Often Press

I'm Just Glad To Get Any Role... The Fact That They're All 90 Is Neither Here Nor There! Actually, It Was Hook That Started It. I Think It Was Peggy Ashcroft Who Couldn't Do The Part And Somebody Was Asked How Old Was I And Would I Be Able To Do The Part, And The Person Replied "92" Very Quickly. And So I've Been Stuck Ever Since! But I'm Actually Very Grateful.

A Lot Of Writing About Being A Mother Is Not So Much Writing About The Kids Themselves. They Become Placeholders For The Shift That Happens When You're Suddenly In Charge Of Other People.

I Don't Think Films About Elderly People Have Been Made Very Much. I Think Of Cocoon And Driving Miss Daisy. But They Always Seem To Be Fairly Successful, So It's A Bit Baffling As To Why Everybody Has To Be Treated As If They Were Five-years-old.

The Performances You Have In Your Head Are Always Much Better Than The Performances On Stage.

My Career Is Chequered. Then I Think I Got Pigeon-holed In Humour; Shakespeare Is Not My Thing.