My parents sent me to Montreal because I kept getting kicked out of school in France.

I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write.

In Hollywood there's no real material. They would send me stuff, but I hadn't even seen the director. If I don't see the director's eyes, I'm not going. I'm not even going to pack my bags.

I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition.

After 10 years of French torture - psychological torture - it's great to do an American movie.

Of course I am political. You 'ave to be don't you? Every day it is about your future, your right to that future. 'Ow can people ignore this? We 'ave to leave a good world for our children, n'est-ce pas?

I can't just react on the strength of an email and three pages of synopsis, and say I'm going to take off for three months of my life.