At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers.

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

Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.

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

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

After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.

The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.