I'm So Moved To Hear Celia Johnson

Alan Rickman Was Such A Terrific Actor, And That Was Such A Terrific Character That He Played. And It Was A Joy To Be With Him. We Used To Laugh Together Because We Ran Out Of Reaction Shots. They Were Always - When Everything Had Been Done And The Children Were Finished, They Would Turn The Camera Around And We'd Have To Do Various Reaction Shots Of Amazement Or Sadness And Things. We Used To Say We'd Got To About Number 200-and-something And We'd Run Out Of Knowing What To Do When The Camera Came Around On Us. But He Was A Joy.

Listen, I Must Be 110 By Now. Granny Is Going To Kick The Bucket At Some Point.

An Actor Is Somebody Who Communicates Someone Else's Words And Emotions To An Audience. It's Not Me. It's What Writers Want Me To Be.

I'm Just Glad To Get Any Role... The Fact That They're All 90 Is Neither Here Nor There! Actually, It Was Hook That Started It. I Think It Was Peggy Ashcroft Who Couldn't Do The Part And Somebody Was Asked How Old Was I And Would I Be Able To Do The Part, And The Person Replied "92" Very Quickly. And So I've Been Stuck Ever Since! But I'm Actually Very Grateful.

The Drama School Was In Oxford - And It's Funny To Think Of It, But In Those Days When I Started Out The University Was Nearly All Male. And They Certainly Weren't Mixed.