All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie.
Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.
I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.
My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.
It's the idea that when you say 'actress', people think of an airy, floaty, no-brain person, which of course you can't be if you are an actor. It is an unfortunate word, which is why, for a time, I hung on to 'actor', because it just seemed more workmanlike, you know, like you say 'woman doctor' not 'doctoress'.
We're still fighting over the same issue - equal pay.
And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.
I've just finished a series of Olivia Manning novels. She's best known for two trilogies: Balkan Trilogy and Levant Trilogy. The six novels are continuous and contain the same set of characters. They are based on Manning's experiences in Eastern Europe and Egypt during the Second World War. Each novel is a wonderful picture of the peculiar British expatriate culture and what was happening during the war. She's one of those brilliant women who write very well about domestic relationships. All the books are slim, and it's easy to gallop through them.
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to organize their creative work
God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.