I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!

I didn't choose to be an actress

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've never been too afraid of what other people have said, especially when I was younger, but I suppose that was the arrogance of youth.

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.

After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.

I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.