Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.

I was thinking, who of the English actresses in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved as much as I have?

Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing make-up.

And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.

There are very few designers in Hollywood today who know how to really flatter a woman's body, and Mark Zunino is at the top of my list.

And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.

Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.