The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.

When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.

The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.

My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.

I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.

If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.

One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.