At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.

Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.