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

I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.

I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how my mother did it.

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

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

I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.