That kind of creaming off the pretty postcard image of the past, I think, is a road to nowhere.

I want to have the career that is my choice - what interests me, what doesn't. I feel more and more strongly about that.

I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.

If someone said I had enough money and I could take six months off, I would run in an instant.

I'm working hard since the beginning of my career.

I played for a lot of teams in my career, and I check all their results every Saturday, or at least the ones who haven't gone bust. But it's always Hearts first. They're the club who've really seeped into me.

As a professional singer, I want to be remembered as a singer with her own distinctive color, both by the public and the people in the industry, during and at the end of my career.

One of the things that was most shocking to me about starting to work in the funeral industry is just how industrial the environment is.