Jean Marsh

“I came from a really proper working-class English background.”

“I was married and divorced before 21. He was much older. I grew up in the marriage.”

“I've had such a nice life that I just felt that I wanted to share it with somebody. I think about it when I am cooking. I always make enough for two people and you think, 'wouldn't it be nice to give some of this chicken to someone?'”

“I do like men very much indeed.”

“English parents don't spoil their children.”

“I am respected as an actress.”

“I've always been aghast at the contrast between rich and poor.”

“What makes French and Italian films wonderful is they make them for themselves; they are not made with us in mind at all.”

“My parents were both cockneys.”

“I believe in women's rights, of course. But I'm not a fem libber in the bra-burning sense.”

“People do recognize me now and then.”

“My parents had very little education - it was very hard.”

“I'm absolutely insane about the countryside, about walking in the hills.”

“Walter Murch is probably the greatest soundman ever.”

“I like working in the theatre.”

“I trained myself not to want things, because I thought I'd always be poor.”

“I have been approached by strangers. I was sitting on a beach in America and a young chap came up and said, 'Hello.' We had a bit of a chat, then he asked, 'Shall we have dinner?' I declined. I'm not likely to pursue someone who comes up to me out of the blue.”

“My father always said to me, 'You must learn to cook,' and I said: 'I don't have to. I'm going to marry a rich man and he'll have a cook.' Well, when I was 18 years old I did marry a rich man and he did have a cook, but the day after we were married he fired her.”

“I like Bill Blass very much, but I'm not so rich that I can afford to buy his clothes.”

“Taste has become universal. And money doesn't buy you taste.”