I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world.

I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life.

I have no regrets about my life.

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting.

I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.

I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.

Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love.

And that might have led to other shows but you know what LA is like. I was in my early 30s and it wasn't going to get easier. You know, that's when you start to wonder if you might have to get lots of plastic surgery.

He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you.