I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish.

Sometimes I go, “What am I doing with my life?” But then I get letters from young women, or people come up to me, and they say, “You’ve made such a difference to my confidence.” And that is a good thing. I should read more fan mail though. I’m crap at responding.

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

I'm not dead and I don't have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but this time it's fine. I think it's beautiful and a real work of art.

I'm a very good sleeper.

No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty.

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