This is doing neither the party nor the government any good and I really seriously think … Tessa should seriously think about staying.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them.

The old argument that the working class won’t enter higher education because they are afraid of getting into debt is patronizing.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

You’ve got to sing sometimes like you don’t need the money. Love sometimes like you’ll never get hurt. You’ve got to dance, dance, dance like nobody’s watching. It’s got to come from the heart if...

If I’m too strong for some people, that’s their problem.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

should bite the bullet and resign.

You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money.

Acting is not very hard. The most important things are to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. And if I have to laugh,well, I...

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

It’s just a day to celebrate them.

Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again?

Whatever it is, we’ve got it.

I told them I wouldn’t sign a blank cheque.

I’m very sorry because I thought she was an absolutely first rate Secretary of State for International Development,

It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that’s not the world we live in.

On another level I’m not that surprised she has chosen to resign. I think her position was becoming more and more untenable.

I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

Through the years, I remember sitting at roundtables ‘¦ doing grassroots organizing to better the township and to make it a more even playing ground. The fact that many of us are not able to...

When I have to cry, I think about my love life. When I have to laugh, I think about my love life.

I’ve always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.