Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.

I didn't choose to be an actress

I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.

If people think I look good, it's the make-up.

I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.

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.

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.