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.

My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor – he worked with Gielgud – and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn’t meant to marry an actor, but she...

The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you’re always vulnerable to the weather and time.

After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.