Public people are definitely captives. It wasn't really my ambition, but that's what happened. If I could find another word that would be more precise, I'd tell that I'm captive of my need for acknowledgement. People ask me, "Isn't it terrible to be famous?" Not for me! I sort of need it. To be honest, I always enjoyed it. It's as if it gave me some structure. It's as if I needed someone else's eyes to look at myself.

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

When I was having my hair and make-up done backstage at a fashion show, I would sneak in a copy of Dostoevsky and read it inside a copy of Elle or Vogue. But it would be pretentious of me to say I was more intelligent than the other supermodels.

I realized that women are still not seen as equal to men. We had a big wave of feminism just before my generation was born. We're still sitting on this wave. There are very militant people and very aggressive women at the top of that wave but I think we have a new version of it now.

Love lasts a long time but burning desire lasts two to three weeks.