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’m an actress, not a pinup.

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

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 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 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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

I never pursued being ‘famous.’

As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.

I don’t buy the tabloids, but you’re surrounded by it all and people tell you things they’ve read. I’d be sitting on a train looking over someone’s shoulder and thinking: That’s familiar… oh my God,...

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.

I don’t think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.

It’s not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.