I think bare legs in winter are idiotic. Unless your naked pins are toned, tanned and veinless, it's best to cover up. There is nothing more elegant in winter than dark tights worn with matching knee-length boots and a belted trench coat.

I mean, I'm a war baby, and we had rationing, and we didn't have sugar and sweets, which is very good for you in actual fact. Because when we had a piece of fruit, we'd gulp it down. It was just great.

Only fine cigars are worth smoking and only men who smoke fine cigars are worth kissing.

I have a lot of male friends that I go the cinema with and movie and shopping. A lot of men friends I know love shopping.

It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.

From the age of 17 I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.

Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.