I swear to God, I went in to buy bikinis, and the lady's like, 'You're not getting out of this store 'til you get down there and show me what you do for those abs and the arms.' She wouldn't sell me my bikinis! I had to get on the floor and do the stomach thing.

It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group. One person who was very supportive was my father. My mother was great but my father really recognised my individuality and supported me in that

Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.

I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.

I don't thrive on the concept of being naked at every possible moment, but it's not the biggest deal in the world to me.

To really achieve any level of greatness, you have to be willing to say yes no matter who says no, and to say no no matter who says yes.

I've been famous for a long, long time. So I don't think of it - I think of it very differently. It's the normal temperature of my room.