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.

I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.

When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.

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.

Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.

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

I eat well, but I don't believe in diets.