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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.
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.
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.
Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
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.
So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.
The funny thing is I’m not bothered or sad about being on my own – after all I’ve never had a husband.
Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.
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.