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Monday, August 2 at 0800 At almost 60 years of age, she still cuts a glamorous figure, balancing her roles as actress, painter, charity worker and mother of six. Best known for her roles in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and the American TV drama Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, the award-winning actress Jane Seymour joins this week's Talk Asia to share with host Anjali Rao stories from her career, including being a Bond girl and working with Roger Moore. She also reveals the secret to her happy marriage with producer James Keach and the lessons learnt from her previous relationships. Originally a ballet dancer, Jane turned to acting after an injury and became one of the most successful actresses in her generation. She shot into international stardom playing tarot-reading "Solitaire" opposite Roger Moore in Live and Let Die. She describes why she felt "hopelessly inept" for the role: "I had never seen a Bond film, so I didn't know what to expect. I was hired as a virgin and there were very few of them in London at that time. That was swinging 70s. I think I was the last of a dying breed and I had no idea. I didn't know how to shuffle cards." She also tells what it was like working alongside the charming Roger Moore: "He's a much funnier person than he ever comes across on film. He's hysterical, absolutely hysterical and he was a real gentleman. But he's under a lot of pressure because he was taking over from Sean Connery." Seymour's career took off afterwards and she gradually established fame through a number of TV and movie roles. Yet a messy divorce in 1992 put her into financial hardship where she found herself penniless and homeless. At such depths of despair, she managed to land one of the most important roles in her career: "I called my agent to say ‘I'll do anything'. He called the networks and said: ‘Jane will do anything'. The network said: ‘well, if she'll do anything, she has to decide in 12 hours. There is this little movie of the week thing. She has to sign for five years although we'll never make this a series and she has to start to work tomorrow morning'. And that was Dr. Quinn." The show proved to be a huge success, running for six seasons in over ninety countries around the world, earning Seymour a Golden Globe for best actress. As an active charity worker, Jane Seymour also uses her fame to gain traction for various causes, including the global water crisis, rheumatoid arthritis and disadvantaged youths. "I want to focus on where I really can help. I have now started my own foundation - Keep An Open Heart Foundation. So now I will be like an umbrella charity to help specific causes, some known and some smaller; those that people don't know about," says Seymour. Leading a personal life as successful as her professional career, Seymour is surrounded by six kids and a loving husband James Keach, who she says: "I think first of all we need to clone this man. He cares as much for me succeeding or doing well or being happy, as he does for himself." She admits that sometimes even she thinks that her life is too good to be true: "Honestly I pinch myself. I do. How does this little girl from Wimbledon get this lucky? And it's amazing. But I have worked hard and I love to share. I have been up and I have been down. I appreciate life. And I just want to do the best that I can while I am here."
Jane's interview with TALK ASIA will be available online at www.cnn.com/talkasia after the first airing. For more information, please visit www.CNNPressroomAsia.com. Related links:
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