I Remember Thinking, When I Was In

English Actors Feel Vaguely Apologetic For Being There At All. American Actors Know That The Most Important Thing Is To Get One Take Out Of Fifty That Is Great, And They'll Go To Any Length To Get It. The English Are Used To Working Within Consistently Small, Low-budget Things And Think, I Mustn't Waste Their Time.

I Was Never A Left-winger, Actually. I Was A Pretend Left-winger Because It Was More Interesting Than Being A Right-winger.

I Am So Happy That I Didn't Have Children. Well, You Know, Because I've Had Freedom.

I've Been Working Every Year Since I Started Acting, And I Got Many Awards Before I Won The Oscar For 'the Queen.'

Women Are Always Self-effacing And Self-denying. There's A Term That Enrages Me, And I Always Used To Swear That I'd Never Play Characters Described That Way. The Term Is "long-suffering."