I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.

I hoped that, you know, France wouldn't mind about, you know, the wife of their president to having a job.

I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.

It's always astounded me to have succeeded at having kids. It's crazy!

My family was always really encouraging, but acting was always something I thought was a bit of a pipe dream.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone.

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.