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 couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring

It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life. . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.

It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.

Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time.

I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.