I Grew Up As An Only Child

At Oxford University, I Studied Languages So I Could Read The Great Novels As They Were Originally Written. I Took What In The United States Would Be A Double Major In Russian And French, But I Have To Admit That The Pressure Of Getting Through So Many Books Spoiled Reading For Me.

I Don't Tend To Do Much With My Lips. My Lips Are Naturally Very Pink, So If I Add Any More Colour, It Looks Like I've Been Smacked In The Mouth!

It's A Very Difficult Thing Losing A Parent, But I Think There's An Added Complication For Me, Because He Was So Well-loved And He Had This Very Open Charm That Made People Feel They Had A Personal Relationship With Him.

It`s The Only Time My Education Has Come In Remotely Handy. -on Using Her Russian Literature Studies For Copying Her "van Helsing" Script Into Russian To Acquire A Slavic Accent.

When I First Started Working, I Was Very Aware Of The Fact That I'd Been To University And Studied Russian And French And Not Acting. So When I Started Working, I'd Started Working Quite Young, I Felt Like It Was Important To Treat Myself Kind Of Like An Apprentice And Do As Many Different Types Of Things As I Could.