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

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.

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.

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

Most of the time we've been living in England and now we've bought an apartment in New York which we absolutely love.

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

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.