I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

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.

Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?

I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was voted the most beautiful girl in England by the association of press photographers. When they called Daddy for a comment, he said, 'I'm amazed. She's a nice looking girl, but nothing special.'

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.

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.

The clothes were a huge part of what made 'Dynasty' fun.