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" I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone. "

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" My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did. "

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" I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure. "

" I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway. "

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" I don't party now, and nobody really knows how to party with me anymore. So I stay in a lot. I really am a home person. "

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" Even though the agency kept me pretty busy, I auditioned for every play and film I could find. But they all wanted a black American sound, and I just didn't have it. Finally, I got tired of trotting around and took myself to Paris. "

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" Sometimes we'd have to climb a tree and pick our own whips to be disciplined with. When you had to pick your own whip, you knew you were in for it. "

" Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay. "

" When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That's probably why it's so scary, because they scared me. "

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" We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults. "

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" I'm not a rock star; I'm a soft person. "

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