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Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.

As an only child, I embrace loneliness. Hollywood loneliness helped to understand Marilyn Monroe in a real way. I was able to portray her very well.

I'm used to working alone. Frankly with some of the actors I've worked with, I've felt like I was working alone.

I just needed to leave Hollywood.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

The Hollywood lifestyle was just overwhelming. A party here, an interview there, magazine and modeling shoots daily, your face everywhere and girls throwing themselves at you. As great as it felt at the time, I still felt something missing, and that I needed to change.

As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good.