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" I don't use Facebook or Twitter, and I email once in a blue moon, as I'm a rather slow typist and prefer to pick up the phone and hear a voice. "

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" I've taken a personal trainer once a week because I'm dreadful. I don't exercise; I don't walk about an awful lot because my feet hurt, so I thought it was a good idea. It makes you move bits you otherwise might not. "

" I like my iPad very much. I like to browse online shops and keep up to date with the world, so I carry it with me a lot. "

" I was a huge fan of the bandleader Ray Noble when I was younger. He was one of the biggest musical names of his day and wrote such romantic songs as 'Goodnight Sweetheart' and 'The Touch Of Your Lips.' Wonderful stuff. "

" In terms of work, I'm doing exactly the same as I've always done. It's what's around me that's changed. "

" When I started my career, there wasn't the pressure of money. Everything now is, 'We'd love to do that but we can't; we haven't got the money.' "

" Airports drive me mad. I don't mind the flying; it's all the hassle before you get on the plane and afterwards, including walking five miles through corridors to the point where you queue for ages to check passports and hope your luggage has arrived safely. "

" I've never had a particularly sweet tooth. In fact, during the war, I used to swap my sweet ration coupons with my father - and he'd give me his clothing coupons in return. Looking good was more important to me than scoffing sweets. "

" I take too much luggage. I'm the kind of person who can't decide whether to pack two or four pairs of trousers, so I usually take them all. I'm getting better but still inclined to take too many items, just in case I need them; I never do. "

" The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from. "

" I've always slept pretty well and aim to get eight hours a night. I try to be in bed by midnight at the very latest. Occasionally I'll have an afternoon siesta if I'm going out in the evening. "

" A quick trip to Paris would be nice. It's a beautiful city, and I've visited several times. I like the buzz, the sights and restaurants. "

" For me, old age is just something that happens. "

" It's vital all we oldies learn as much as we can about the Internet so we are not left behind. "

" Men have been domesticated, and I don't think it's necessarily good for them. They have been emasculated with the pill and women becoming more independent. I do think it's made a big difference for women to have more charge of their own bodies. It's made them feel more on equal terms and made the men feel less secure, less the master of everything. "

" I don't think I'm leading lady material, and I was always the wrong shape. I was never tall enough. But it was more lack of confidence. I shunned doing straight parts. I didn't think I was a good enough actress, so I thought I might as well do something they were supposed to laugh at. "

" Do I ever really lose my temper? Goodness me, no. Not at home or at work. There's no point in getting in a tizz over anything. Life's too short. "

" I don't think actors are any more prone to depression than anyone else. "

" I have been lucky enough to work in all kinds of comedy. I prefer working with other people. I could never do stand-up. "

" I've always said one of the reasons I've worked for so long is that I'm no trouble. "

" I'm always up for cinema, and then you hear that, actually, the location is in a very cold place with all the attendant discomforts, and TV is much cosier and warmer. "

" The three ages of man: youth, middle age and 'my word you do look well'. "

" I always prefer to save up and have a four- or five-star holiday rather than take lots of little breaks where the standards aren't so high. "

" I love working. It gives you a reason to get up in the morning. "

" If you're the star of a show, the next one has to be as good or better, and if you're doing a series, if anything goes wrong, it's your fault. There's nobody else to blame. "

" My only claim to music is a good sense of rhythm, and I have been in musicals and done some singing. "

" I am grateful for any following and am always surprised by it! "

" I was always given the comedy role, even in the ballet. I was the one who fell off her points, you know? I love doing comedy, and I love being in things that make people laugh. "

" I think one of the reasons all the comics I worked with dropped off the log so early, and a lot of them did - Tony Hancock, Frankie, Sid James, it's dreadful really - was the stress. You can only be as good or better than the last show, and there's the permanent aggro of hoping you get the right writers and the right material. "

" The worst thing about age is not quite being able to do what you once did. The best thing is learning to accept what you've got and what you are. "