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.

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 go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.

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

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

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.