If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again.

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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...

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.

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...

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

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

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

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

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

I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is...

I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn't come home at tea time...

I was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn't come home at tea time...

I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old...

I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old...

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,...

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 didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of...

I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of...