I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.
I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.
I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.
I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her.
We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring.
I was having my teens in my 30s.
I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend?
I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that.
Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.
I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.
You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.
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.
