Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance.

I grew up watching Scooby Doo and Thelma was my favourite character.

Essentially the Succubus is a mythical figure - who used to come in and cause trouble with innocent men.

If the right job came along, absolutely with bells on I would work in Sweden.

I love getting dressed up.

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.

I don't really see myself as famous.

It's nothing sinister but my private life belongs to me.

I think we sort of are all fans of love really, if you're not then you're too cynical aren't you?

How can you make an informed decision about whether to save the world if you never leave your tiny part of it?

The general rule is that people who enjoy life also enjoy marriage.

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

Ill-fitted T-shirts stretched over a gut are my pet hate. And if the colour's faded - ugh.

Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.

Your religion is where your love is.

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.

Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.

The question of the social uses of photography opens out into the very largest issues of the self, of the relationship to community, to reality.

And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')