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'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.

The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.

I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.

It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people.

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.