Jane Asher

Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it read more

Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a read more

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.

Acting has been very useful to me.

Acting has been very useful to me.

I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside read more

I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself.

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be read more

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.