I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.
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.
However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.
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.
Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time.
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.
You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.
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.
The funny thing is 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.
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.
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 do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret.
Truly charismatic people, in my experience, dont come along very often.
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.
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 part
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 married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.
There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.
I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life. . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.
I never pursued being 'famous.'
Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
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.
