” 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. “
” 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. “
” 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. “
” I love a mask. It’s why I’ve got a thing about good writing. When you’re acting, you’re going into someone else’s work. You’re behind his words, it’s not you. “
” I really do believe there are things passed down. Behaviour, not just DNA. Psychological make-up. You can see it in dogs. If you want to breed a calm dog, don’t get two fighters. “
” 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 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 did try fillers once. Don’t ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it’s chipmunk time. “
” 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. “
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