I was a serious little girl growing up in Leeds and had supportive parents who were instrumental in my success.
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View profile →I was a serious little girl growing up in Leeds and had supportive parents who were instrumental in my success.
Not having my parents around to share my success.
I told Sean Connery he’d have to lose his Glaswegian accent and take elocution lessons if he wanted to be an actor. When he became James Bond, I never got a chance to tell him how wrong I’d been.
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I've never really been unhappy.
I try not to be a burden to people, I’m too strong and independent for that.
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