I lived my twenties in a very public manner and if anyone's twenties are documented it's not always going to be pretty.
I was very nervous about taking on an empire that was richer and far more powerful than I will ever be. It was very daunting.
I'm no longer interested in being in big commercial films.
I've had some real hair disasters.
The newspapers turn a blind eye to how they get their material as long as they have great photographs.
You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.
I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.
All the legal action I've taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted, which is privacy and non-harassment.
I've had somebody on the end of the phone, maybe, but I haven't been living with anyone or been in a proper relationship, and it's been really great. And now I'm completely on my own. I think I've grown up a lot.
As an actress I feel that if you start to impose your own inhibitions, then you are not doing your job.
I find it very hard not to be myself and maybe that does attract attention, but I'd be miserable if I wasn't.
I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.
I love my job, I've always loved my job.
I don't even know what an 'It' girl is. As far as I'm concerned, an 'It' girl is somebody who doesn't do anything except go to parties and get her photograph taken.
I'm lucky I have good metabolism and I'm very grateful for that.
I have a good brain on me but I've never really used it when it came to decisions about love... I definitely have been foolish.
I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.
I like being able to walk into an old town and find good local food.
I think all humans are essentially proud and I certainly am.
I think the media has changed, not just in England but in the world.
I would rather have not gone through any of the litigation that I've had to go through.
I'm not about hair and makeup.
I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.
It was a really fun idea to have a fashion label with my sister but I don't have an awful lot of time for it because my first love and job is to be an actress.
It's just so weird when an entire nation knows what you are going through.
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