I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.
I was always told I was not pretty enough.
Our first visit to the Creature Shop is one of the days I will never, ever forget. There was just so much to see and admire and be gobsmacked by.
I'm beginning to think that I like the behind-the-scenes work as much as I do in front of the camera as I get a little bit older.
I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap.
Let me put it this way: I can sing a hell of an 'Old Man River,' way down in the bass.
'Simeon's Gift' is really - it's about a musician who - in the Middle Ages, who goes out to find his muse.
I've always seen the cup as half-full.
There's nothing like the joy of the arts, and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in life in a way.
I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time.
I'm the lucky one who got asked to do 'The Sound of Music' and all the other lovely things that I did.
My parents were in Vaudeville, in musical. And I would tour with them and had a couple of wonderfully lucky breaks in England.
I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her.
As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.
I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does, for awhile, become family.
Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'
I'm not very good with rap and things like that.
And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.
I didn't know other children from divorced families, and I was a bit of a lost soul for a while. Then suddenly, I was performing. And it gave me an identity.
Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.
