There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.
I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.
For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?
I'm not very much of a foodie; I like small amounts of delicious things, but I've never overeaten - I'd much rather have a glass of wine.
I don't treasure things much - just people. And pets.
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark.
I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.
My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world.
Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken the decision to pull me out of school altogether. Everything I needed, he reasoned, could be found within the rich language of Shakespeare's plays at which, by then, I was something of an old hand.
I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.
As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.
It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.
Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.
I don't take money seriously, so I can't keep any.
When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.
I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.
In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
I think very few people do find a relationship where, every moment of every day, everything they do comes together. That's why, in a nutshell, everyone loved Barbara in 'The Good Life.' She was the perfect partner. It was a formula. She wasn't glamorous. She wasn't clever. But she was a good partner. That's too easy, too perfect.
When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.
I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.
I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.
