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.
Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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 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.
There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.
The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
We take ourselves so seriously moment by moment, but India shows you a sense of eternity. You're one little ant on a hill. You're part of life, but you're not the whole thing.
As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.
For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.
I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?
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.
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.
When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.
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.
I haven't done fillers or Botox for ages. There comes a point where you have to match bits of you with the other bits; otherwise, you get a terribly random situation.
It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.
