At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.

It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.

You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.

One of the greatest thing about fashion is that it's a literal expression of your mood. Or it can be the opposite. You can feel bold and outgoing and wear something like that or wear all black and feel like you can hide a bit. It's expressionism. I really love that.

I wasn't a social butterfly at all.

You promote your films; it's part of your job. You do the magazine covers and stuff, and then I try to live a really normal life. I definitely don't try to make it into any more craziness than it is.

I just think that people take me a little more seriously as a brunette. I don't know if that's just because of a societal preconceived notion that all blondes are stupid, but it's a different kind of attitude.