I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream.

The only difference was that they were on different record labels. Her father David Birkin was a Royal Navy lieutenant-commander and World War II spy.

Jane Mallory Birkin OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English actress and singer who lives in France. She is perhaps best known for her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s.