Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.

My partner is a Frenchman, so I have got to smell right.

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.

I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.