Patience Can Be A Good Thing -

You Know, Some Actors, All Of Their Potential Is In Their Youth, And When That Passes, Their Qualities Of As An Actor Pass. But He - Alan [rickman] Was The Opposite, And Their Are Other Actors Who Are Like That, Who, Really, Their Potential Is In Maturity.

You Can't Control How Other People See You Or Think Of You. But You Have To Be Comfortable With That.

When I Was About 25, I Went To A Hand Reader, This Indian Guy In A Funky Neighborhood. He Said: The Height Of Your Success Won't Happen Until You're In Your Late 40s.

I Was Part Of The First Generation Of Girls And Women To Be Educated And Go To Grammar School Even If We Didn't Have Much Money. Then That Generation Went, 'ok, Great', And Went Into Medicine Or The Police, And Hit This Wall Of Discrimination From Older Men Who Hadn't Caught Up.

The Timing Of Comedy Is So Difficult. You've Got To Leave Room For A Laugh, You Don't Want To Kill The Laugh, But On Film, You Can't Just Suddenly Stop For A Laugh And Then Carry On. So, I Think It's A Real Art Form, Comedy On Film.