June Brown

“I'm not bragging but I used to be rather beautiful, with lovely legs, and people would always ask me to dance. But suddenly people didn't take any notice of me any more. I was at a party in my 50s and was forced to dance with a chair because nobody wanted to dance with me.”

“I watch 'News At Ten' and 'Loose Women' and that gives me all I need to know.”

“I miss Bob, but I don't want another marriage.”

“I never wanted to be an actress. I wanted to go into the medical professional. Acting was not important enough. That was a hobby - nothing to do with what you did in life.”

“Just pray for your health and strength, hearing and eyesight, and an active mind.”

“Characters can get under your skin when you play them for a long time.”

“I usually have about 16 pills a day of various descriptions - I also have minerals from Salt Lake City and amino acids that get sent to me from Australia.”

“I was quite a clever child, I don't know what happened later on.”

“I can talk through anything. I even talked while I was having my tonsils removed in Ardentinny when I was in the ATS.”

“I think that's why a lot of people are very lonely and get ill when they're older, because I think loneliness and having no motivation, nothing to work towards... I think it kills you.”

“Acting is a very strange thing. It isn't about trying to feel, for me, it is about thinking.”

“I find when I get on set that my energy comes.”

“There are some people who the same things happen to them again and again. They never learn.”

“I didn't want my book to be soapy - maybe it's my vanity but I think I can write better than that.”

“Old people are considered worthless fuddy-duddies and often overlooked, which makes them sink into loneliness. I noticed it as soon as I started to age.”

“It is dangerous to have a favourite word.”

“Turmeric is good for the brain.”

“I've played two people simultaneously for 35 years.”

“I want to wear colours that cheer people. Forget all this navy and beige and black.”

“I get lots of letters, and I reply to them all personally.”