My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama.

Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy.

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them.

I watch TV all the time. Everything.

I don't think it's the case that 'posh actors' get more work than others.

I loved being asked 2,000 questions a day, storyboarding every move, knowing as though by instinct exactly where the camera had to be, because it was my story.

The fashion world is much more ephemeral than the film industry and moves at a faster pace, and it's got even more frenetic since the Nineties; more paparazzi hanging about and it seems to me there are even more fashion magazines.