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.

Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing around in chilly locations. Theatre is a very different challenge because every night you're striving to keep it fresh, even though you might have been performing the same play for months.

I've been married to the same man - even after the separation - longer than most people in this business. I'm sick to death of people mentioning it.

I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.

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.

I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.