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I learned so much from other actors and they definitely didn't treat me like some sex bomb or bimbo. I felt fully accepted in the regular movie world. I didn't feel categorised.

My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema.

I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.

I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.

Really, in a way, I took over the male role.

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.