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.

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

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.

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.

I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.