I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.

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 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.

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

The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time

From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.