Zitat des Tages von Felicity Kendal:
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.
As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?
There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.
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.
Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.
Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person.
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.
I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
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.
For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
I wouldn't trade anything for family time. To me, it is more important than everything else, and I have a very deep-rooted belief in it, which is influenced by my Jewish faith. That's a very great source of who I am and what I believe in.
I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.
So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
My father was my trainer, my teacher. He was closer to my sister in the sense that she adored him and he adored her. He was more like my pal. Because of the 13-year gap, I think by the time I came along, it wasn't a big deal. I wasn't spoilt or cherished, I was just put to work.
I don't think I've ever not had a dark side. But one of the wonderful reasons why you go into this business is that half your life you live in a fantasy, which is somebody else's life. It's actually a great release because you're not having to deal with the itty-bitty bits of life.
I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
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.
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.
From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that in a culture rich with storytelling and fantastical tales, Shakespeare's characters and storylines resonated in a powerful way.
After making my stage debut aged nine as Macduff's small son in 'Macbeth,' I had played a number of parts, from 'Twelfth Night's Viola to 'The Merchant Of Venice's Portia'.
I don't treasure things much - just people. And pets.