 I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again. |
| Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own. |
| It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done. |
| My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl. |
| The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it? |
| I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right. |
| In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me. |
| I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination. |
| I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like. |
| I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor. |
