I Am At That Age When You

In Burton's Day They [soldiers] Were Itching To Get Into The Fray. Now It Is The Opposite. They Are Always Whining About The Dangers Of Being Killed. Oh My God, They Are Such Wimps Now! The Whole Point Of Being In The Army Is Wanting To Get Killed, Wanting To Test Yourself To The Limits. Now You Have To Fly 15,000ft Above The War Zone To Avoid Getting Hit. I Don't Think There Is Any Point In Having Wars If That's How You're Going To Behave. It's Pathetic. All This Whining!

I've Never Been Any Good With Authority.

Being Gay And Being A Woman Has One Big Thing In Common, Which Is That We Both Become Invisible After The Age Of 42. Who Wants A Gay 50-year-old? No One, Let Me Tell You.

If You're An Actor, There's Going To Be A Sense Of Fantasy About Yourself, Especially In The Celebrity World We Live In Today. You Give The Illusion Of Being In Control, Sexy, At Ease, With Never A Difficult Moment. Those Are The Basic Lies That All Celebrities Tell. For Me, They're The More Dangerous Lies To Come To Terms With.

I've Done A Lot Of Period Stuff But That's Mostly Because, In England, We Get Off On A Lot Of Period Stuff, But It's Not Any Kind Of Particular Choice. That's Where A Lot Of The Work Is.