As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'

You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.

I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.

I'm a bit of a Doubting Thomas - always worrying about things.