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

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

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.

It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents.

Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.

As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am.