You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has a good lyric.
The arts need funding.
Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.
I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.
I love to prune my roses. That's the one thing I really feel I do pretty well. Other things I usually, because I travel so much, leave to my gardeners who know what I love. But I do love to prune them, because you forget everything else. It's like if you're a painter, you can forget everything else while you're doing it.
I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads.
How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on?
The loveliest roles, for me, have a growth arc - a beginning, a middle, and an end - and I'm always grateful when I can find one of those emotional journeys.
I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.
I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.
I'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces.
I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling.
My mum gave me pretty good genes in that department. She had gorgeous skin. That good English complexion. She never seemed to have a blemish that I knew of.
More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool.
I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.'
I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one.
Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do.
If you're not educated to enjoy the arts, if you're not taken to a concert, or you don't hear something beautiful, you don't know what you're missing.
When you are traveling in vaudeville, you experience so many different kinds of audiences, depending on what time of the week it is, how long the pubs have been open, and things like that.
I like - I actually love classical music very much.
