Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is pretty stupid, but after two years I sort of knew what I wanted to do, more or less.

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary.

It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would be duelling pianos by grandmothers.

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

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about.

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