My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.

I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.