Lindsay Duncan

“I've always been a material-based actor. That's what I've done, the choices I've made - like a heat-seeking missile.”

“I don't have any desire to be better known.”

“Recently I made the mistake of opening a bundle of reviews that someone had sent me of a production from years and years ago, and someone had written a really lovely review except that it made a remark about the way I spoke: 'A lot of people find her voice terribly irritating.' Do they? I had no idea.”

“I've been listening to a new band called Wolf Alice, courtesy of my son. The vocalist, Ellie Rowsell, has a gorgeous voice.”

“You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.”

“The excitement of stepping onto a stage - there's nothing quite like it.”

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

“I've always had not just an affection but a real love for the theater family in New York, and I really feel it is a family. I'm so touched by the generosity of everyone there.”

“I loved 'Homeland' - it's such an intriguing, intelligent piece of television, and I am fascinated by them making a hero and heroine that are so odd, so flawed and so complicated. It is a programme that really draws you in.”