Now 82, she continued: “If I was asked to start now, I just don’t think I could, seriously.
I can’t imagine how they cope with it today, I really don’t.
It’s difficult to imagine myself at that age because girls are starting even younger than I was [when I started].
Speaking at a joint conversation with Judi Dench at the Tricycle theatre in London, Smith said: “I think they are so brave, the young actresses of today.