I Like The Ephemeral Thing About Theatre,

The Drama School Was In Oxford - And It's Funny To Think Of It, But In Those Days When I Started Out The University Was Nearly All Male. And They Certainly Weren't Mixed.

It's True I Don't Tolerate Fools But Then They Don't Tolerate Me, So I Am Spiky. Maybe That's Why I'm Quite Good At Playing Spiky Elderly Ladies.

An Actor Is Somebody Who Communicates Someone Else's Words And Emotions To An Audience. It's Not Me. It's What Writers Want Me To Be.

I'm Just Glad To Get Any Role... The Fact That They're All 90 Is Neither Here Nor There! Actually, It Was Hook That Started It. I Think It Was Peggy Ashcroft Who Couldn't Do The Part And Somebody Was Asked How Old Was I And Would I Be Able To Do The Part, And The Person Replied "92" Very Quickly. And So I've Been Stuck Ever Since! But I'm Actually Very Grateful.

It's Funny To Be Pigeonholed So Late In Life But There We Are.