Acting seems much easier than singing, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off.

It is impossible for me to get involved in films that I don't like, so I just wait for a project that really tickles my fancy.

In England you laugh at yourselves, in France we laugh at others.

Singing is the rawest thing. Having been naked in films or naked in photo shoots, it's nothing compared to singing. It's absolute nakedness. You are stripped bare! It's very strange. Acting seems much easier, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off.

I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.

I was such a tomboy. I had absolutely no bosom, and I wore my hair really short - shaved, like a boy.

I wish I could be more serious about painting. I think there may be something going on there and I should pursue it. I'm very old-fashioned - even with the music. I realize, while I have so much respect for the kookiness of people who go for it, who paint with their eyes closed, I am superclassical.