I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.

I was picked up on a London street by a model agent. She took me to her office and then sent me to Paris to work in shows. It was supposed to be two weeks, but I ended up living there with my Zimbabwean boyfriend. I made enough money modeling and acting in French movies to buy a nice flat.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

It's always a help when you have worked with someone as you've got to know them a bit already.

I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.