As an actress, you look to older actresses all the time as beacons of what the future might look like. The Dames are that for me: fantastic role models, embodying integrity, stamina and elegance, but not just for other actresses – for all women. They share an air of mystery. In an age when everybody’s giving everything of themselves constantly, and in a business of short attention spans and craving for newness, these women hold something back. There is enigma there, a necessary privacy. We can’t say we know them completely, which only adds to their allure. I hesitate to call them beautiful – it’s too obvious an idea. They are beautiful, but not just in looks: in soul and character; in their integrity, in the values they live by. They are quintessentially themselves.
