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"Home is anywhere that you know all your friends and all your enemies."

"Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you."

"An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris."

"Many working mothers feel guilty about not being at home. And when they are there, they wish it could be perfect. This pressure to make every minute happy puts working parents in a bind when it comes to setting limits and modifying behavior."
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"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."

"I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema."

"I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?"

"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."

"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."

"When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training."

"People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before."
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