Thank God we’re not like America. Everyone wants to look like they’re 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the...

We all know now that people can look good for their age. It isn’t so extraordinary, I don’t know why people go on about it so much.

I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you’re firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think...

I do find acting cathartic.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That’s the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You’re not living in their pocket.

I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn’t want to advertise make-up. I didn’t want to be seen as a sex symbol.

I am pretty self-indulgent.

I don’t regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life’s full.

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There’ll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.

Roman’s wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.

I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren’t just about eroticism and sexuality.

Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.

I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don’t come along very often.

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

In the theatre, once you’ve gone about eight rows back, everybody else is just listening to you. You’re very small, and nobody can really see what you’re doing.

I’ve always kept fit but I’ve been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!

I was always going to be a dancer – I drifted into acting.

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family… they are nearly always seen as victims.

I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.

I can feel the 60s looming. In my profession, I’ve just moved along with my age. By thinking in decades, rather than whether someone’s 42 or 47, you can give yourself a whole 10 years...

I don’t believe in expending energy on something you can’t do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I’d probably do it.

I’m an actress, not a pinup.

I’m one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I’m waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.

I like having a good time. It’s probably my mother’s Brazilian genes in me – party, party.

I couldn’t imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring.

You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.

I’ve never been married and I’ve no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.

I go on giving interviews because I’ve been brought up to support the projects I’m involved in. When you’ve enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It’s very exciting to test yourself.

My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best – it’s so embarrassing, isn’t it? I was always the best at everything.

The minute anyone’s getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They’re the two vital elements for a healthy life.

I’ve never been too afraid of what other people have said, especially when I was younger, but I suppose that was the arrogance of youth.

I have got a few misters interested but nobody special these days.

Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel.

I’m not bothered or sad about being on my own – after all, I’ve never had a husband.

I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it’s in the public arena, but that doesn’t entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.

My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security.

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

Having children with someone is the real bond.

I’m often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I’m glad I didn’t go, because if I had I wouldn’t have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have...

I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don’t need to make any other. You can live the way you want.

I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don’t find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.

If people think I look good, it’s the make-up.