There's A Whole World Of Bad Tv

I Never Felt I Was Quite The Ticket Academically. I Always Felt I Had To Put In An Enormous Amount Of Effort Not To Be Disappointing. So I Worked Really Hard, But At The Time It Suited Me, Because I Didn't Do Very Much Else.

Despite Being Extremely Professional, Michael Caine Has A Giggle Which Was Lethal For Me Because Once You Catch His Eyes, Once You Realize The Other Person Is A Giggler Too, It's Curtains.

It's Very Difficult To Find The Time Or The Money For People To Organize Rehearsals For Some Movies. It Staggers Me How Little Preparation Often Goes Into These Scenes Which Are Difficult And Complicated. You Think, "god, It's Crazy. I've Never Met This Person Before And Here I Am Having To Work At How To Do A Whole Performance On The Set." It Was Great To Have A Few Days Of Just Talking To Michael [caine] And Daniel [barber] And Thinking About The Characters And The Relationship Between Them Before We Started Shooting.

I'm A Dual Citizen, As Are My Husband And Children. We Have Got Eight Passports Between Us; We're Weighed Down By Them Whenever We Go Anywhere.

In My First Few Years As An Actor, I Took One Terrible Tv Job After Another. But Even As I Laughed Off My Awful Roles And Made Fun Of Myself To Friends, My Work Made Me Cringe - I Dreaded Anyone's Seeing It. I Was Crushed That I Wasn't Doing Anything I Was Proud Of.