I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays.

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people.

I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

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.

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

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