Alice Evans Quotes

"I'd rather buy Prada shoes than eat."

"I'd forgotten that British men watch sport all day on Saturday. I much preferred doing Prada and Gucci boutiques in Olivier's Merc."

"I'm amazed at how many guys hit on you when you're brunette. I've had a few occasions where I've found a stray hand on my knee, which never happened when I was an icy blonde. Blokes obviously get drunk and think: 'I might as well try it on a brunette-she'll probable be grateful."

"I trust him (Ioan) implicitly but that doesn't stop women coming on to him. It infuriates me when women approach him and kiss him full on the mouth right in front of me. They obviously don't think of me as any competition now that I'm a brunette."

"I suddenly realised I wasn't 40! That I could do things like get pissed!" on her breakup with Picasso.

"But I put it on my wedding finger because it fits perfectly. There's no way I would say yes to Ioan if he presented me with this ring - I want a big rock." on engagement rumours created by Alice wearing her mother's ring.

"No one will publish a picture of an actress holding rolls of flesh. That way the photographer has to focus only on your face."

"Being with Olivier has meant I've been able to pick and choose (film roles)."

"The British male, has no interest in women. You could get all your clothes off and lie on the sofa and go 'Come and get me, baby,' and they go, 'Wanna cuppa tea?'"

"Olivier was always taking me off to posh dinners. It sounds glamorous, but it can be hard to be yourself in those situations. The people you meet don't really comprehend what you do, and you don't understand what they are talking about either. That's where being blond was handy. If someone asked me a boring question, I just played dumb and they carried on without me."

"All I ever wanted to do was sit in the bogs and have a fag and a gossip with the girls.”

"You don’t need money in Paris, they pay for everything — it’s like Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It was, ‘Can I have £50 for the cab, please?’, and then I’d get the first Métro home."

"It is a bit sad when the photographers stop asking you for your picture."