Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result.

I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.

I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.

At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.

I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty.

Character contributes to beauty.