I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!

I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.

Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.