I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.
Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'
I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did.
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 absolutely couldn't be more proud of this team. We've had quite a bit of adversity this year. The heart that they have demonstrated, the tenacity; they developed their character as people this year.
It's bloody great to get to fifty-five. I've never been bothered about people knowing how old I am.
As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.
There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'
I'm interested in politics, what's going on in the world, how people behave and how your life is often in the hands of other people.
Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.