Making each day a mini lifetime - to achieve something and to enjoy something.

I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.

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.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?

If you feel well and happy, your face will reflect this, but if you are down in the dumps and having a miserable time, your face will soon show this, too. In fact, you get the face you deserve by the time you're forty, and one of the keys to looking and feeling younger is being active.

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