"Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman"

"The theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place."

"I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter."

"In actual life I am a grumpy old bag."

"That's the awful thing about dating. Tight underwear. We would all like to be in a big bra and pants and when you are in a secure relationship you can do that."

"Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was 'Bent,' which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of 'The Rocky Horror Show,' with Richard O'Brien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15."

"I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it."

"If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush."

"What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel."