And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.

In fact, the 20th century I think was the most fascinating century and the whole of man civilization because so much happened.

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

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.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40 so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.

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

If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous '40s musical on video. But I'm very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I'm a 'glass half full' person. In fact, it's three-quarters full!