Mar 2, 2008, 11:35 GMT
Julie Christie wishes she knew how hot she was when she was younger.
British actress Julie Christie, nominated for the best leading actress award, arrives at the British Academy Film Awards (Bafta) held at the Royal Opera House in London, Britain, 10 February 2008. EPA/DANIEL DEME
The 66-year-old actress admits she is still amazed by how stunning she was in her youth.
She said: "In the 70s I was amazed to be talked about as a 60s sex symbol as if I was a doll from the past. But I look back now and see photos and think, 'Coo! Phwoar!' And I think, 'Wouldn't it have been nice to have had that knowledge when you were walking into a room?' "
Julie says she was never seduced by fame and has willing taken long breaks during her career to concentrate on the things that matter.
She explained: "It's not necessarily wanting to avoid the Hollywood thing but the Hollywood thing is so inevitably not original. It's avoiding non-originality.
"It goes against everything I had been brought up to appreciated."
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