My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.
You never came home for lunch you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running round.
Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.
My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York.
I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.
The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much.
I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.
When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary.
I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were.
Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children.
The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much.