Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
— Francesca Annis
Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.
I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.
I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret.
I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring.
I am pretty self-indulgent.
However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.
As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time.
Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.
I'm an actress, not a pinup.
I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.
I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me.
I do find acting cathartic.
I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.
I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
Having children with someone is the real bond.
I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.
I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.
I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.
I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.
I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.
I didn't choose to be an actress.
I can feel the 60S looming. In my profession, I've just moved along with my age. By thinking in decades, rather than whether someone's 42 or 47, you can give yourself a whole 10 years to turn yourself around in.
I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
