Kate O'Mara

“I try to write about a woman finding her self-respect, valuing herself, and liking herself again. But what one desperately wants now is to write a proper novel.”

“The trouble with some cooking is that the real flavours get cancelled out by the wine, cream, and butter sauces.”

“I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.”

“אני צמחונית ונצמדת למשטר בריאות קפדני של אורז חום, טופו, סלטים וחלב סויה. כשאני בבית בסאמרסט, אני קונה כמעט הכול בחנויות החווה המקומיות.”

“בסך הכול, יש לי דעה די נמוכה על גברים. אני יודעת שתמיד שיחקתי תפקידים של טורפת גברים, אבל אני ממש לא יצור מיני ומעולם לא היה לי תיאבון מיני גדול.”

“אני מנסה לכתוב על אישה שמוצאת את הכבוד העצמי שלה, מעריכה את עצמה ושוב מחבבת את עצמה.”

“בכל פעם שאני עולה לבמה, אני מרגישה בטוחה ותחת שליטה. החיים יכולים להיות כל כך לא בטוחים, אבל על הבמה, אני תמיד יודעת איך דרמה או משבר עומדים להסתיים. משחק הוא מקום נוח וזה העביר אותי אינספור משברים אישיים. אני מאמינה בתוקף שההצגה חייבת להימשך.”

“I'm vegetarian and stick to a strict health regime of brown rice, tofu, salads and soya milk. When I'm at home in Somerset, I buy almost everything in the local farmshops including Barleymow's in Chard. I always get organic - I like happy hens.”

“I was asked to do 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here,' and I said: 'No thank you.'”

“I never drink cow's milk; I always opt for the soya alternative, and when I eat most dairy products, it tends to be in extremely small doses. However, being a vegetarian means I have to get protein from somewhere, so I do eat eggs and cheese about once a week.”

“I enjoy producing because the show becomes your baby.”

“When eating out while on tour, a great place to get vegetarian food is Thai restaurants, as they have lots of options. I absolutely adore salad and vegetables - I will eat salad until it's coming out of my ears. Although I think it's great in any form, my particular favourite has to be beetroot salad.”

“Why should anyone be interested in my life? It's the prurience I find so extraordinary. Why, why, oh why should my private life be of any interest to the public? The only people who should be interested are my friends.”

“I have white hair now, but a lot of it, and I'm still very glamorous, and so I won't disappoint, I hope! I'll still be wearing the tight leather trousers and high-heel boots, regardless of what age!”

“I have very long, wild hair, a suntan and wear knee high boots and ignore all the rules about what you should or shouldn't wear at whatever age.”

“I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.”

“Shakespeare is where I live. I adore him.”

“I'm actually quite a nice person. It's to do with the way I look, an uncompromising sort of face, brusque delivery and voice, and I think the combination of all that. When I'm doing pantomime, children will scream the place down before I open my mouth. There's obviously something that really gets them.”

“On the whole, I have quite a low opinion of men.”

“If you put a much older woman in 'Doctor Who,' they can identify with it. I think it's quite an interesting concept, and if you remember things like 'Grimm's Fairytales,' the older woman is often the villainess, often the terrifying figure - why I do not know, but often she is. I think it's an idea to be exploited.”