When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.

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.

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.

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 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 think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

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.

My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything.

The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life.

The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

If you expect the battle to be insurmountable, you've met the enemy.It's you.

A calendar was hung in the kitchen as if to say: Expect more of the same.

If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect.

There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.

I've always wanted a baby.

I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.

My ice is so cold, it should come on a cone.

Make a little space, and get out of your own way.

Although you see the pit, you cannot avoid it.

The worm is not to be trusted.