Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.

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

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.

I've said no to 'Celebrity Big Brother,' 'Strictly,' and the American one, 'Dancing With The Stars.' I don't feel it's right for me. I've been asked to do reality TV a zillion times. No way. No way. Nobody's going to get into my living room and see me there.

My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to be and I was determined not to be.

My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.