 For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important. |
| When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation. |
| As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period. |
| Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat. |
| I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do? |
| 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. |
| So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you. |
| The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark. |
| I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did. |
