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

Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.

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.

I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.

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.

I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.

I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.