But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

I think health is another exceedingly important thing.

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.

I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.

Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods.

I think dieting is bad for you.

I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.

Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.

I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.

I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here.

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.

I have a lot of male friends.

I don't believe in dieting.

I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it.

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.

And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.

And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started acting when I was 17. So there wasn't much time.

I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.

And we have not found any generational gap at all. If he wants to go a football game, he goes. If I want to go to a fashion show, I go. We don't have to do everything together. But we like doing most things together.

I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.

I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.

And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.

Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing make-up.

Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.

Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I'm wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the best cosmetic that exists.

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.

I am a fan of marriage and a fan of being committed to the right person.

I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.

I do think it's very important, if you're going to spend the rest of your life with somebody, to know that you really like them. Because when the pheromones wear off, which of course they will, you have to have a strong basis.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70; 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40; so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

I eat an avocado every day. It's amazing for your skin. It's one of the super-foods, and I'm just so into eating properly and healthily.

I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.

I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.