It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.
The whole of my acting career is a bit of a mystery to me.
A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.
I started my career as an actor, but I've been a director for 15 years now.
I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.
For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.
The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none.
I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.
I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
We're an ideal political family, as accessible as Disneyland.
In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.
The Pope is not a political figure.
I'm not consumed with political machinations.
Improvising political dialogue is not easy.
When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth.
