I've always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe.

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.

And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.

No, that's what I think God does to you. He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable. And for most of that time, I have to say, my personal life was pretty miserable.