I'm A Would-be Rebel. The Good Girl

Working Away From My Husband For Long Periods Is Good And Bad. It Stops Us Taking Each Other For Granted And Gives Us Space, But I Miss Him Terribly.

I Met With Hitchcock When I Was A Very, Very Young Actress Just Starting Out And He Was Making 'frenzy' In London And I Was Sent Along To Meet With Him. He Was Very, Very Unimpressed With Me And I Have To Say, I Was Rather Unimpressed With Him - But Only Because I Was An Arrogant, Ignorant Young Actress.

I Think Of Myself As Mirren Rather Than Mironova, Absolutely. I Am A Brit, Really. I Mean When I Go To Russia And I Do Have, Maybe It's A Romantic Fantasy. You Know Us Actors, We're Very Good At Romantic Fantasies.

I Knew I Wanted To Engage In The World Of The Imagination, But It Was Not Economically Feasible For Me To Study Acting, So I Went To A Teachers' Training College.

I'd Like To See A Much More Open Monarchy, Myself. I Used To Think They Were Completely Useless And We Should Get Rid Of Them. I Don't Necessarily Feel That Way Anymore. I'm Still Ambivalent, I Still Loathe The British Class System, And The Royal Family Are The Apex Of The British Class System.