I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.

I think school is so important. I was good student. A rebel, but I did well in my studies. I don't close myself to anything. I liked reading and I still love learning. I loved history and German.

I've done everything. I've sung, done records, plays... It just so happened my first professional job was as a dancer. I've done the whole shebang, darling. But dancing was my first professional engagement in 1974. I got paid for it, so that was it, my vocation. But my parents weren't keen. They wanted me to be an accountant in Italy. Or a lawyer. They were furious. I had to run away. I had to leave the country.

I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.

A good show makes me happy. It's a great sensation. If you could capture a great atmosphere and do it every time, that would be amazing.

I don't like myself. I'm not vain at all. I hate looking at myself - I always think I look ugly. Honest.

I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.