I was voted the most beautiful girl in the world in 1958, and courted by every young, available man in Los Angeles, most of whom I didn't go out with, by the way.

One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.

I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

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

I'm a woman for all seasons. I mix 'n' match, do designer and high street - keep all my good pieces. I design all my evening and cocktail dresses most of the time as I dislike what is out there.

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.