I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.

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'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

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

My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to be and I was determined not to be.

Life is not life unless you make mistakes

It's just something that I like, and I also don't buy into the ageism theory.