Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.

- Samantha Bond

I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.

- Samantha Bond

I've been married to the same man - even after the separation - longer than most people in this business. I'm sick to death of people mentioning it.

- Samantha Bond

If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.

- Samantha Bond

If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.

- Samantha Bond

Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.

- Samantha Bond

It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.

- Samantha Bond

My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

- Samantha Bond

My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.

- Samantha Bond

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.

- Samantha Bond

I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.

- Samantha Bond

The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.

- Samantha Bond

The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.

- Samantha Bond

The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible.

- Samantha Bond

Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.

- Samantha Bond

As a child, I always remember our home, which was a flat just on the Barnes side of Hammersmith Bridge in London, buzzing with actors such as Patrick McGee and Peter Bowles. We were a family who were always on the go.

- Samantha Bond

I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.

- Samantha Bond

When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.

- Samantha Bond

When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.

- Samantha Bond

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.

- Samantha Bond