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

I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.

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 never pursued being 'famous.'

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

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

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