I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure theyre all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

It was certainly a good death scene. I'm endlessly perishing in roles but it's a wonderful thing to be asked to do.

I am a single mother - that is the reality.

My parents never pressured me except to advise me against acting.

I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths.

I've always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life - so that is a work in progress for me.

When I go into the garden, I forget everything. It's uncomplicated in my world of gardening. It's trial and error, really. If something doesn't work, it comes out, and you start all over again.

At any specific stage of your life, you are certain about few things which when passes over the time to be something uncertain and vice versa.

Live a life that transcends your own!

Worrying about outcomes over which I have no control is punishing myself before the universe has decided whether I ought to be punished.

Duck, big brother! Here comes another day!

We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.

He can who thinks he can.

Recovery challenges everything we 'knew to be true'.

Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.

More important than finding the teacher is finding and following the truth of the teaching.

We can be richer than industry as long as we know that there's things that we don't really need