“When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.”

“French girls still have the Jane Birkin culture. You can go just like that, without makeup, without managing your hair.”

“I have never written a book about my life, despite being offered purses of gold. I made 'Boxes' because I wanted to make a sincere depiction of a daughter who has lost her father, or the jealousy one can feel towards a daughter who has become more beautiful than you and whose stepfather starts to take her shopping.”

“When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.”

“I love the Sixties with Julie Christie and Jane Birkin - those natural English beauties. That's the look that is most me, when I wore the tight-to-the knee dresses. I don't think I bleached my hair until I was 20. I like experimenting for big occasions, though. You've always got to do a bit of a number for the birthday!”