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

I don't believe in eating junk and I protect my face all the time from the sun, even in the winter with base and makeup.

I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

My grandmother spoiled my father rotten and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he expected her to give up her career as a champion ballroom dancer and become a good wife and mother, which she dutifully did.

I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.

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.