I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong.

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.

I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our garden in the country after rain; sitting outside a cafe in Provence, drinking the vin de pays; staying at a little hotel in an English market town with Larry, in the early days after our marriage, when he was serving in the Fleet Air Arm, and I was touring Scotland, so that we had to make long treks to spend weekends together.

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.

I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicket thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry.