I never pursued being 'famous.'

I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, dont come along very often.

I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.

I can feel the 60S looming. In my profession, I've just moved along with my age. By thinking in decades, rather than whether someone's 42 or 47, you can give yourself a whole 10 years to turn yourself around in.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.