The outspoken doyenne of stage, film and television answers your questions on who’s nice (and who’s not) in Hollywood, the voice she can’t bear and why she likes talking about sex
I’m a show-off. It’s as simple as that. I never trained, but when I was at school, Mummy made me have elocution lessons because she was born in Liverpool and grew up in south London. I can’t quite remember my mother’s voice, which makes me sad, but she wanted me tohave a London sound because I was born and brought up in Oxford, where the accent is posh Received Pronunciation. I was taught about vowels, the secret you have to conquer if you want to move up a class.
I recently celebrated my 70th birthday and am struggling to feel positive about the future. What advice could you give for accepting the passing of the years, staying joyful and seizing the day?Staying joyful and seizing the day is bloody hard when you are old, in pain and feel depressed. It’s difficult to face the future when you know there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t really have any words of wisdom: you just have to get on with it. Everybody’s going to die.
What made you want to get involved with the Big Gay “Donation” that is campaigning to get the 2030 World Cup held in a LGBTQ+ friendly country?Well, the funny thing is – and it makes me sound like a complete twat – I didn’t know it was for [LGBTQ+ charity] Stonewall. I thought it was truly against Fifa. I was outraged that Fifa said teams would get points deducted if they wore a rainbow shirt or armband. I was a bit surprised to hear it was raising money for Stonewall. But it’s a good charity and I’m very pleased that people have donated to it. But the real people I want to lambast are Fifa.You would have to ask other people because your own habits you think are rather sweet. I suppose, talking about sex so much.
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