I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you things, I would have been a little more attentive.

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At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back,...

At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back,...

My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which...

My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which...

I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that,...

I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that,...

If there was a distraction I'd get up and jump out the window. I was...

If there was a distraction I'd get up and jump out the window. I was...

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning...

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning...

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very...

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very...

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics,...

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics,...

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching...

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching...

If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up...

If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up...

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once.

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once.

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to...

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to...

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring...

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring...

You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running...

You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running...

I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were...

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were...

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There...

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There...

My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went...

My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went...