Tilda Swinton has revealed that she never intended to be an actor.
The Oscar winning actress has won over the critics with her latest performance in We Need To Talk About Kevin - for which she has received a Golden Globe nomination.
She is also hotly tipped to get a Best Actress Oscar nod for her central performance in the Lynne Ramsey movie.
Despite all of her success Swinton still doesn't consider herself an actor.
Speaking to the New York Times the actress said: "I've been making it up as I go along. In fact I never set out to be an actor.
"Still am not, really. I slid into performing at the point at which I stopped writing."
"I slid sideways into the theatre, basically because of the company I was keeping and a feeling of experimenting with friends who were really into theatre. I was totally undriven."
The actress has just finished work on new movie Moonrise Kingdom, which also stars Bruce Willis and Edward Norton.
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