'Serge needed all the love he could get': "Jane [Birken] is back in London this week, to promote her new film, Merci Dr Rey... it's a peculiarly Parisian piece reminiscent of Eric Rohmer and Woody Allen. Jane plays a deluded actress who dubs stars into French and falls in love with a young, gay boy. It seems to be a part very close to her real life...
'It's not a lonely road, although I'm happiest with just a suitcase and my dog Dora. If they lend me a grandchild occasionally then that's great, but if not it's me and the dog.'"