I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn't Brown or Smith or Hughes.

I never used to sleep much. I think we all go through a bit of a time like that where we rage about. If we don't, I don't think you've ever really lived.

Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.

My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.

Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once.