It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.

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.

I don't treasure things much - just people. And pets.

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

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

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.