I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.

I didn't choose to be an actress

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.

I do find acting cathartic.

Having children with someone is the real bond.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.