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If I'm going to go to the opera, I want to see the costumes and the melodrama.

Without sounding pretentious, it's nice to always be surrounded by creative people who inspire me and keep my levels of creativity charged.

I've always liked to dress eccentrically, but as I get older I'm drawn to more classic looks, though I'll still put my own twist on them.

I think the best thing your parents can do for you is to let you be yourself.

I was 18 when I got my first acting job.

I've done quite a lot of growing up in public, which has been tricky at times.

When I was a child, I wanted to be... a fairy. I still do, really, except that now I've now graduated to wanting to be a pixie.

My greatest inspiration... is my mum, who had a baby at the age of 42 and is still so fit, independent and beautiful.

Although I've watched myself making the transition from being a girl to being a woman, I still feel 15 years old. My reflection disagrees.

I tend to write more when I travel.

Jaime Winstone