Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing. Your ears are more open to someone who is not a cantankerous bastard.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

I grew up in a small town about 40 miles outside London, but it was a fairly cosmopolitan household.

The people who have given me shit, I say, like my mother, what did she say?- she said, ‘Go to hell, and don’t come back.’ However, however, however, my mother was not entirely me.

At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.

I'm quite happy being myself. I'm a big fan of Jessica Lange and Jeanne Moreau, but I don't want to be anyone else.