A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn't like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.

I'm incredibly proud to have been nominated in the past and it really means a lot to me because I do work very hard when I'm making a film and I do really do absolutely give my all. To get that kind of pat on the back, it's really amazing and also never something that I anticipated would possibly happen to me, ever. So I am very, very proud to have been there before. And, you know, the nice thing about nominations is that, same as awards, no one can actually take them away from you and I'm proud of that.

In films I might look glamorous, but I've been in hair and make-up for two hours.

The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly, I don't desire to look like that.

I feel very strongly that curves are natural, womanly and real. I shall continue to hope that women are able to believe in themselves for who they are inside, and not feel under such incredible pressure to be unnaturally thin.

It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.

At some stage I'm going to have to say, 'Right, that's it. I'm stopping for a bit'.