In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.

I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.

I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.

It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark.