I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

I’m the same weight now as I’ve always been-even before having children-but I have to say there’s been a redistribution of the flesh!

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.

I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.

Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.