I did go to public school, but that's only because my parents were abroad. As a matter of fact, I think that's helped my work. I can go from Victoria Wood's 'Dinnerladies' to playing Barbara Cartland, from 'Coronation Street' to playing Celia in Last 'Tango'.
I tell myself things will be different in a few years' time, but this is the most wonderful, golden time for me. I'm basking in the success of 'Tango', really loving it.
'Downton' took a long time to catch fire in America, but we have been getting good reviews for 'Tango.'
I don't do so much acting work now, as there aren't the parts except for 'Tango'. So if I didn't have the cabaret work, I don't know what I would be doing.
If you mention any ideological thing about shooting 'Last Tango in Paris,' I was thinking I was doing a political film.
I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking just to myself. That's when I did 'The Conformist,' 'Last Tango in Paris,' etc. And I found it was incredibly rewarding, something new.
My body's weird and bent in different ways, but it's handy for the tango!
I once went to La Boca district, where you can watch street performers doing tango, and joined in. But it's very hard to dance in Birkenstocks.
I actually enjoyed making 'Tango In The Night.'
I like structuring verses, choruses, but sometimes the verses might be a tango and the choruses might be death metal.
