It's Great To Be Queen!

I've Been Working Every Year Since I Started Acting, And I Got Many Awards Before I Won The Oscar For 'the Queen.'

I Couldn't Handle The Rules The Queen Has To Live By At All, And Very Few Of Us Could. It's A Golden Cage, Really. You're Never Alone In That Role - You Are Always Surrounded By Security.

My Grandfather Had Come Over As A Member Of The Czarist Army, To Make An Arms Deal With The British Government. Being A Blinkered Military Man, He Was Unaware That The Russian Revolution Was About To Take Place.

I'm A Naturist At Heart. I Love Being On Beaches Where Everyone Is Naked. Ugly Young People, Beautiful Old People, Whatever. It's So Unsexual And So Liberating.

Wherever I Am In The World, If I Get Free Time When I'm Filming I Always Hire A Car, Take To The Road, Drive For Miles And Explore.