I was really nervous about people booing, because my mother had gone for a film 20 years earlier and had a terrible time with people booing, whistling, so I knew that in Cannes people can get aggressive.

I thought people wouldn't take me seriously if too much acting was involved in the singing. But now I love the idea of mixing everything together.

You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.

Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.

Maybe, in the back of my head, I'm thinking I have to do as much as I can. It'll stop.

I can't do things by myself. I need a motivation, and the motivation is always the director's. I find my freedom inside other people's barriers. It's easier for me to find myself inside someone else's tracks.

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.