I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.

Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality.

I just thought I‘d never look good in what everybody else wore. So there’s no point trying. You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t look like everybody else. Be you. That’s our gift and we’ve got to celebrate that, but it does take ages. I was wracked with self-doubt for years. I get spasms of it even now – I’m not indelibly self-confident.

With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.

A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors.

If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping.