"When I was offered this play I thought ‘No. Why would I want to do that?’ but my agent talked to me about it and sugg…"

"So it was still a sentimental thing, but it felt like the right thing to do."

"I was quite well known in the ’60s and ’70s but then you get to that stage when you’re too old to play the maid and t…"

"But then Bad Girls came along and I thought, ‘ooh, I’ve entered the character acting stage’ and what a character it was."

"I’m a gay icon which is something I never thought would come to me."

"This is the first film I ever saw and afterwards I wanted to be Moira Shearer. *I wanted to be a ballet dancer."

"I went to stage school hoping to be a ballet dancer but I turned out to be an actress instead."

"I longed to look like Audrey Hepburn and I thought that it was a really romantic film."

"I’ve never been able to play parts like that because I have always been a character actress with comedy."

"It’s been a very funny feeling because that’s where it all started for us as a couple."