'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.

I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.

For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.

We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in.

Hair is another name for sex.

Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.