At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family.

Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

I can walk into a room and create a good ambience. I was taught all about this back when I studied acting. One of the things they would teach you is how to send out positive signals when you enter a room. I am glad I learned this.

Everywhere in the world, you find good things.

My plat de resistance is potato salad with garlic and olive oil which we press from the olives from my trees in the grounds of my home near St Remy de Provence. I have four hectares and take the olives down to the local community press at Maussane les Alpilles. I don't produce big quantities; it is just for the family and friends.

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.