It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.

The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.

I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them.

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

For the past 14 years the bulk of my travels has been for UNICEF, so I have learnt a lot about both the generosity and the inhumanity of man.

Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.

But if asked which of my co-stars had the biggest effect and impact on me, I say - without hesitation - Eleanor Parker.

There is nothing glamorous about death.

Either in 1990 or 1991 Audrey asked me to co-host the Danny Kaye international Children's Awards from Amsterdam.