Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary.

It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would be duelling pianos by grandmothers.

I was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn't come home at tea time I used to be sent to bed without any dinner. But people used to bring me things: I was better fed in bed.