I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.

I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.

I've done everything. I've sung, done records, plays... It just so happened my first professional job was as a dancer. I've done the whole shebang, darling. But dancing was my first professional engagement in 1974. I got paid for it, so that was it, my vocation. But my parents weren't keen. They wanted me to be an accountant in Italy. Or a lawyer. They were furious. I had to run away. I had to leave the country.