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

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

I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?

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

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

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.

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.