An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm here to be an actor who wants to be remembered for her roles and her films rather than her looks.
Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
I'm not exactly the type of actress who does half a dozen films a year.
There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and fantastic lighting. I'm sorry to disappoint people, but I don't look like that all the time - no actress does.
I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, 'Well somebody has to be in them,' so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise.
In films I might look glamorous, but I've been in hair and make-up for two hours.
I feel I've made the transition from model to actress, but I'm not that secure about it. Lauren Hutton, Jennifer O'Neill - we all know that a few films don't mean all that much.
When I finish a film, I like to drastically change my appearance. I get sick of looking at the same thing in the mirror for months at a time. So when a film's over, I'll do something like shave my head.
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.
Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job.