Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.

I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.

I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.

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

I think very few people do find a relationship where, every moment of every day, everything they do comes together. That's why, in a nutshell, everyone loved Barbara in 'The Good Life.' She was the perfect partner. It was a formula. She wasn't glamorous. She wasn't clever. But she was a good partner. That's too easy, too perfect.

There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.

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