"[Reported as being one of two "bachelor girls" (the other being Barbara Shelley) who is "wary of marriage"] I think a…"

"There is more to my life than sex, money, fame and a few ­horrific people I have met once or twice. Certainly I've be…"

"I began to entertain the other kids, but I don't think they always appreciated it — they thought I was a bit of a sho…"

"I was so happy to be working with people I was comfortable with in The Royal Court crowd. It was such a relief after …"

"There was one Sister that I think got sacked because of me [...] There was a system in place at the home if you were …"

"[On her early modelling career] I hoped my mother would see the photographs and she'd find me and want me [...] That …"

"[For her role in The Entertainer] I turned up to casting in a room crowded with young women, all looking the same exc…"

"Dance is poetry because its ultimate goal is to express feelings, even if through a rigid technique. Our task is to c…"

"There was once a word that I am proud of and that is part of my childhood: proletariat. Unfortunately, no one uses it…"

"I had extraordinary encounters, such as Visconti, gruff and very sweet. Like Herbert Ross, for whom I played Karsavin…"