I long for the day where we don't have to talk about our age as actresses..

I would do nearly anything for a laugh, to tell the truth. And I'm a particular favourite with young men with earrings..

I love Monet - I've nicknamed him King Blob. When you go up to the painting, it's a series of blobs - amazing..

Anorexia is an awful thing, but you get yourself into it, and only you can get yourself out of it..

Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you….

Some people love Sundays; I don't, particularly. I used to rather dread them when I was younger. I was brought up on Sunday roasts, which I've always….

Mummy always wanted the five children, and she knew she couldn't look after them all because she was this absolutely glorious woman who loved going t….

Anorexia taught me to love life and to realise that starving yourself to death is a bloody waste of time. It's awful and it hurts so many people arou….

While other girls swooned over The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, I worshipped Rudolf Nureyev and Isadora Duncan..

I landed the role of Bravo 5, the only female fighter pilot in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.' I did my bit and fired my guns, but I hav….

My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a poor Scotti….

Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird..

If I ever married, I know I would dread the daily sound of the key in the door and the casual expectancy of 'Hello! I'm home!.

Pat Phoenix kept that amazing sassy look. I always wonder, was that because she was thrilled with that look, and thought it looked marvellous, or was….

I love not knowing what's going to happen next. With work, you never know. You rehearse and strive and get it right sometimes, and still you never kn….

I left school the day I turned 16, the earliest day I legally could. Determined to follow a life on stage, preferably with some dance connection, I a….

Single by choice, just not my choice..

I know if I had the chance of going aboard the Titanic in those days, I would have gone - I know I would have. I adore going on the Queen Mary - I th….

A 'naughty pickle' is how I'd best describe myself. I think fun and laughter is the whole point of life..

If I look back, my mother was always out. I can remember the perfume and her scarlet chiffon dress and crystal beads, going to a party. She used to p….

I've made great friends through acting. When I'm with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, we have grand fun. We can make each other howl with laughter b….