“There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, sta...” — Julie Walters Quote

There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women.

In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail.

Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live.

My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back.

I am naturally centre-left so the areas of education there are things on which I could work quite closely with Labour on... For example, on trying in Parliament to abolish SATs, I would be the first one through the gates.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

Free school meals for all children, no matter what their background, will improve the education and health of our children.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

I hoped that I could learn how to combine an education with acting. But I was unhappy with the direction I chose, so I decided to take on a six-month tour for a musical theater performance, thinking that I'd go back to university in a year. That became two years, then three years, until I really realized I am already doing what I love doing.