Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.

Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time.

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

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

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

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.