"When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you have to, as an actor, suspend your own disbelief."

"I've got Tourette's, practically. I'll tell anyone anything."

"Maybe from now on puppets can do the parts"

"On corsets: I said, You have got to be kidding. I am an ape and yet I am still expected to squeeze myself into one of those damn things."

"I was reading William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, dressed in my witch outfit! And you know what? It was a really good mix; it was a therapeutic mix."

"I'm a very good sleeper."

"I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened."

"To understand how you live, to live. Do not think about it and live with it."

"I love movies where people see the world from a different angle."