What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe.
Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I'm wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the best cosmetic that exists.
I think health is another exceedingly important thing.
I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.
Having had five husbands, I guess I should know a thing or two about marriage.
The sad truth is that most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars.
I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it.
Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.
I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.
I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.
I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.
I've said no to 'Celebrity Big Brother,' 'Strictly,' and the American one, 'Dancing With The Stars.' I don't feel it's right for me. I've been asked to do reality TV a zillion times. No way. No way. Nobody's going to get into my living room and see me there.
When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.
I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70; 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40; so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.
I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.
I eat an avocado every day. It's amazing for your skin. It's one of the super-foods, and I'm just so into eating properly and healthily.
Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.
If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television?
If you eat junk, you look like junk. People say, 'It's not my fault, it's my glands.' It's not; it's greed!
I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.
I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own 'Dynasty' range, named after various characters. I find this saves a ton of time - as well as my own hair.
I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.
I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realise that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn't hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.
I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.
One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.
I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.
I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.
