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

My father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.

I didn't go to acting school, so it was great to be able to rehearse for a month or two, to workshop, and be with a director who even gave me acting exercises.

I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them.

Before I started touring, I worked with someone to help me, even physically, because I was so shy. And you can't be shy going onstage. So I had to push myself in a direction that wasn't myself.

I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films. I was very well paid for my age, and I could make choices, decide not to do a film for six months and wait until I'd get the right thing. Which made me quite a coward, you know. It's so easy to say no to stuff, and then, after a while, it's very hard to go back in.

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.