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PAGE 78 C M Y K DAILY MAIL WEEKEND The prized possession you value above all others… My freedom. I’m from the ‘People think I’m snooty first generation of women who’ve been free to choose. The buck stops with me. but I’m not, I’m just deaf! The unqualified regret you wish you I’m not ignoring them, I could amend… Saying ‘That’s a daft idea’ in 1986 when I was invited to simply haven’t heard them’ invest in a little coffee shop business. It went on to become Starbucks! If I’d left. People sometimes call out to me gone for it I’d be super-rich now. I’m and I walk by because I haven’t heard furious with myself. them, not because I’m ignoring them. The way you would spend your fantasy The event that altered the course of 24 hours, with no travel restrictions… your life and character… Being cast in I’d spend all day with my boyfriend Dynasty in 1985 took me to America Bernie [Greenwood, a doctor]. We’d and changed everything. It also start with a dawn walk in the Himala- brought Joan Collins into my life. I’ve yas, then breakfast in Katmandu. I’d always admired her hugely. have a yoga lesson in Goa, southern The crime you would commit knowing India, then a swim in the Maldives. you could get away with it… I’d put After lunch at the Plaza Athénée Hotel David Cameron in the stocks for a day, in Paris, we’d look at the impressionist so people could tell him what they paintings in the Musée d’Orsay before think. I’m so angry that our politicians heading to Broadway in New York for don’t listen. Don’t make us rise up like the hottest show in town. Dinner would the Arab countries so we can be heard. be at the city’s Upstairs At 21, and I’d The song that means most to you… end the day walking on the beach with Forever by English folk duo Turin my dogs by my home in Malibu. Brakes. It’s so romantic and I think of The temptation you wish you could it as mine and Bernie’s song. resist… Saying ‘Yes’, when I should The happiest moment you will cherish say ‘No’. All too often I overload myself forever… Working with Ava Gardner and leave people short-changed. in 1970 on The Ballad Of Tam Lin, my The book that holds an everlasting first major movie. She was fabulous. resonance… Autobiography Of A The saddest time that shook your Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. It’s world… Two friends committing sui- about his journey to meet holy people DEFINITE cide shook me greatly. I find the trag- and has a spiritually magical quality. edies so hard to reconcile and wish I’d The priority activity if you were the paid more attention in both instances. Invisible Woman for a day… I’d go to The unfulfilled ambition that contin- No.10 and listen to the rationale ues to haunt you… I’d like to make a behind the rubbish our leaders tell us. great movie that people remember. The pet hate that makes your hackles ARTICLE The philosophy that underpins your rise... People eating while they’re talk- We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly life… Good, better, best… Never let it ing to me on the telephone. Finish eat- rest until the good is better and the ing, then call me! The only chomping probing questions – and only accept better best. sound I can bear is when my dogs eat. The order of service at your funeral… I The film you can watch time and time THE definitive answer. This week: want my daughters, Phoebe and again… All About Eve with Bette Chloe, to scatter my ashes in ten of my Davis. It has so many great lines. Dynasty legend Stephanie Beacham favourite destinations around the P The person who has influenced you world so they can experience each HOTO most… My mother, Joan. She taught The unlikely interest that engages The unending quest that drives you place. I’ve already bought a burial plot G me so much, particularly the impor- your curiosity… I’m obsessed with on… The truth. Just give me the truth in Dunster, Somerset, next to Mummy RAPHS:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX tance of posture and manners. miniature things. I have two fully and I’ll be able to deal with it. and Daddy, so I’d like my headstone The figure from history for whom you’d furnished doll’s houses and now have The poem that touches your soul... The and a pinch of ash there. most like to buy a pie and a pint… The thousands of objects for them. hymn God Be In My Head from 1558 The way you want to be remembered… great US economist J.K. Galbraith, The treasured item you lost and wish has been with me all through my life. As a good mother, a fun friend and a who could explain to me what’s going you could have again… My grand- It’s beautiful and the words are so true. talented actress. From top: the Himalayas, on with the world’s banks. mother’s beautiful 19th-century jade The misapprehension about yourself The Plug… Stephanie Beacham and Starbucks, 10 Downing The piece of wisdom you would pass on ring, which was stolen at a New York you wish you could erase… That I’m Joan Collins are reunited in Snickers’ Street, yoga, All About to a child… Write thank-you letters. hotel in 1997. I’ve had entire jewellery snooty. I’m not, I’m just deaf! I’ve been new ad campaign, ‘You’re not you when Eve with Bette Davis and Children are given so much these days, collections wiped out in two burglaries, deaf in my right ear since birth and you’re hungry’. www.snickers.com O Gary Merrill, Joan Collins, yet politeness seems to be forgotten. but that ring was particularly special. only have 80 per cent hearing in my As told to Rob McGibbon and a doll’s house NEXT WEEK PS... 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