Quotes

[on not having children] I thought I didn't have a sufficient role model to be a mother. Now I'm older I know I could have, but by the time I was old enough to face the fact I could do it, I was too old to. Isn't that a silliness? Life doesn't play you a fair hand there.

[on the longevity of her EastEnders (1985) character Pat Evans] Pat came in and created havoc for a few months, then the creator Julia Smith wanted her back. I couldn't see how she could come back because she was very two-dimensional. But Julia said, "We'll peel back the layers of onion skin and see why she puts her fists up before she engages her brain." I hope that's what I've spent years doing.