I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.

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.

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

I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.

When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.

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

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.