Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I'm going to work on this until it's over' because it will be with you for the rest of your life, whatever you do. So, you deal with it and move on.

- Pam Ferris

The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.

- Pam Ferris

I don't get self-conscious. I'm not vain in that way.

- Pam Ferris

I think fractures in your childhood make you observe the world more as an outsider. Possibly it pushes you outside.

- Pam Ferris

I think I would have had trouble living with someone who didn't know what it was like to be an actor.

- Pam Ferris

I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids.

- Pam Ferris

I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.

- Pam Ferris

My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me, probably more than I realised.

- Pam Ferris

Some people find that if they share a profession with their partner, they don't talk about anything else.

- Pam Ferris

Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.

- Pam Ferris