38 Quotes by 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.

I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.

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.

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.

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

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.

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.

I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.

I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.