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I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.

I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring.

If you think too much about playing an icon, it will immobilize you. You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.

There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way.

True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless.

To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't.

In becoming an icon, it is useful to die young.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.