I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

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.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it - and you don't leave a Ferrari out in the sun.

You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.

When I was 49, I posed for Playboy - I was very flattered to be asked. I was quite honoured, really, considering that most of the models they feature are in their twenties.

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.