i adore her as a singer, as an actress and as a woman

She is obsessed with Marilyn Monroe, reading every biography she can get her hands on. One of her treasured possessions is a small metal heart that used to belong to Monroe, a gift from Depp. Some Like It Hot was her favourite film at the age of five or six. She watched it over and over again at her home in a smart Parisian suburb. “Marilyn Monroe has touched me ever since,” she explains. “I adore her as a singer, as an actress and as a woman. She moves me an awful lot. There’s something divine in her. I get emotional whenever I watch her or listen to her.”

The Sunday Times - January 2010