Ethel Merman

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.

I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.