I listen to my body, I give it things it wants and I eliminate things it doesn't want.

I was so beautiful but I didn't realise it for years. I saw pictures of myself and even I was stunned.

Back then I was called Dumbo because of my ears. I was called Fatty, too. It was hurtful so I became like the class clown. I became the one who was kicked around.

I'd been a housewife and mother to our son Thomas Jefferson, and I was looking for a new career. So when my agent called and said a producer named Paul Elliott from E&B productions, the biggest panto company in the country at the time, wanted to meet me I agreed.

I believe you need scientific proof that something works before you entrust your health to it.

I'm a very physical person. I like to run and I like to work out.

I've been doing Pilates since 1974, I lift weights, I power walk every day and I run backwards. That's sometimes a little hard when you're not on your home turf, because you've got to find a place where there are no bumps in the way - or people.