I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!

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

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

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

I do find acting cathartic.

I never pursued being 'famous.'