Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

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.

You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane.

Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones.

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.

If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.