I'm not an unkind person, but by the same token, I'm not a people-pleaser.

I was not a very... um... not a very popular girl. I think a lot of it was, you know, no boo-hoo about it - but I looked pretty strange for the first few years of my life.

I feel at home wherever Sting is - he's my home.

If I'm connected to an idea, it just doesn't let me go. All I have to do is catch up to the image in my head by doing the practical steps to get there.

The film industry is driven by male narrative. Heads of studios are often men, teeming with male executives everywhere you look, and so the narratives we have the screenwriters usually for male leads. Women tend to be second string: the girlfriend of, the secretary who becomes.

We all struggle to find our place, and schools can be cruel to kids who aren't part of a pack.

I was operated on facially so much when I was young, and I had massive amounts of stitches.

As a late teenager, I had some puppy fat on me, and I noticed that I could put on weight. I have always been very disciplined because my mother was very beautiful, a very pretty woman, but she was immobilised by obesity. At her biggest, she was about 17 stone. And she was always on some sort of fad diet.

I think it's fascinating that people take an interest in a middle-aged married couple and what happens behind our closed front door.

I think having a good yoga practice and a spiritual practice is a recipe for living well and, hopefully, living longer.