I never wanted to be aligned to a mature group because they go off and become politicians and stuff.

He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise. He had a pickup truck, and the devil's eyes. He stared at me and I felt a change. Time meant nothing, never would again.

We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television.

That means more to me, truthfully, than commercial success. To be a loved human being is much more important to me then any of those other things.

I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.

So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing.

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every theatre in London.