I didn't want to change my personality onstage, but I still had to build some kind of ego to be able to go up there. If not, there's no point.

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

It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside.

I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.

I used to hate being recognised.

I started so old, so the touring world will always be a foreign land for me. I'll never be someone who's "been on the road."

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.