I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.

I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.

Men always marry younger girls, but sometimes when a women who's very mature marries a younger man, she's criticized. It needs to be corrected.

Almost starve, but I don’t starve because I eat very much

When I was a child, fear was common to my life - fear of having nothing to eat, fear of the other children taunting me at school because I was illegitimate, and particularly fear of the big bombers appearing overhead and dropping their lethal bursts from the sky.

Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me. I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk openly with if I want to.

Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.