My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York.

My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children.

Wherever the wings of love take me, that is my flare path and my way.

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.

Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.