Anne Reid

My teacher at RADA said I was going to have trouble when I left because I wasn't an obvious juvenile lead, although I could do both comedy and drama. But I understood enough to know that my career was going to be a marathon, not a sprint. ”

Now that I know about my great-great-grandfather, I feel that John Reid and I would have got on well together. ”

Inner talent gives you that ease. It's not a remarkable thing - just a knack that gives you a very nice life. ”

We are just party people. We always had a drink in the evening with the music on and space to dance. It was that kind of a family. ”

My father was full of tales. He said his family were ministers in the Church of Scotland, or they were lawyers. ”

Your confidence is destroyed when you find out you can't trust people. ”

I tell myself things will be different in a few years' time, but this is the most wonderful, golden time for me. I'm basking in the success of 'Tango', really loving it. ”

I'm terribly happy at the moment - someone up there must be looking out for me. ”

If someone, a director, tries to tell me the way to do something, I'm not good at adapting. I need time to go away and think about things. ”

My favourite time of year is two weeks before Christmas when everybody's up for it - you're having lunches with people, drinking Cosmopolitans, and getting ready for something exciting! ”