I would make a poor vegetarian because I adore meat.

I'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.

I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.

I am as far from a hypochondriac as you could ever be.

I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.

The idea of doing theatre always terrified me because I get terrible stage fright. In the early 1970s I was offered a panto but the thought of going on stage was just too mortifying.

I'm a light sleeper, but so long as I'm wearing earplugs, I sleep well.