I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.
I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am.
It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.
We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring
I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape.
I was having my teens in my 30s.
My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want.
I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.
I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.
I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her.
Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand?
It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.
