Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple of men.

I was producing a series about Sir Winston Churchill, about which I was extremely proud, and earning a lot of money as a producer.

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.

The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.