He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've never worked with a producer who was more famous than everyone put together.
I do get funny people sometimes coming up to me in supermarkets in America with my picture in their pocket, which is a bit strange.
I don't find sex on its own that interesting in a film but I find the two, when they're interwoven, to be interesting.
I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.
I like acting in London-not least because it means I can go home after the show every day, rather than being on location making a film.
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 think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.
I was initially sent a rash of scientist-in-lab-coat roles. But then they saw Miss Julie and they didn't know where to place me.
I'd like to play Viola in Twelfth Night and I suppose one of the roles I'd most like to play is Cleopatra-she was an amazing woman and it's a fascinating role.
I'm quite good at languages. We took The Power Book from the National in London to the Chaillot in Paris, and it was useful having lived in the city and learnt the language-though we performed in English.
I've definitely thought about a career in politics. Maybe there will be time later.
It's always a help when you have worked with someone as you've got to know them a bit already.
Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!
Modeling is one way girls can earn good money and get away from home at the same time. It's very international, so you get the chance to travel.
My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.
Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.
They built us a cottage to live in which I couldn't stand up in. When we got there, they had to raise the ceiling.
Ultimately, I just approached her as a young woman who's pretty screwed up, and I started reading Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf.
What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes.
When you've made a film you have the luxury of having a little money, so you can afford to pace yourself, but we work in a very ephemeral business, especially in the film world. It's a bit like the stock market in that you're never sure what's going to be up or down, what will work.
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