The nice people at Stylist just sent us their new, epic Sienna Miller interview. You can read the full thing here. Sienna is currently in London, rehearsing a play and boning anything that moves in the wake of her split with Jude Law. She talks about Jude a little bit in the interview, but mostly it’s just about Sienna and her self-perpetuating drama machine. The interview took place during Sienna’s lunch break during rehearsals, and the interviewer adds these little notes about what Sienna is eating and how easily she gets distracted, like she has AD/HD or something. It’s kind of funny. Here are some of the highlights:

Doing the play After Miss Julie with Jonny Lee Miller: “In New York the audiences were very vocal, which was quite difficult because my character in that play was quite poisonous as a person. Every night they’d be like, ‘Oh, she’s disgusting! What a vile woman,’ and it’s hard not to take that personally. At first I was really trying to go for the sympathy vote, but by the end of it, I sort of loved being detestable. I was ashen on the floor, spitting on Jonny. In the end, I found it really liberating.”

Surely as an actress, you simply look at the next role as another character you’re playing? “Not with me,” Sienna replies, with endearing honesty. “A lot of what inhibits me is my attachment to what people think. And I think I overcame a hurdle with After Miss Julie because I didn’t need to be loved [by everybody].”

How does she respond to the haters? “I just don’t read things,” she says simply. “In our family we have a ‘no Google’ policy. In fact, I rarely use the internet, I don’t even do social networking.”

On being bad at interviews: “I’m a big gob,” she says, cringing. “And I’m terrible at interviews because I’m very honest. But I think it’s difficult being a woman… Men get away with far more in interviews; they can be open and less judged. I suppose I just refuse to conform on that level.”

Has she ever considered being less candid in interviews? “Not really. I mean, I think I’ve become more aware of the consequences of saying what I think but I still have no reason to pretend to be anything else other than me. Don’t get me wrong, there are times when I’ve read things and gone, ‘I’ve just shot myself in the foot by being that open.’ Things get manipulated by journalists. But you know, ultimately, I’ve said it.”

On talking about the split with Jude: “It doesn’t make me nervous, no, because actually everything is quite harmonious in that area of my life,” she says, referring to the split. “We both confirmed that it was mutual and amicable and we remain great friends. That’s what’s frustrating I suppose, that there’s still this speculation about why and whether it’s me or him [who instigated the split]. It’s nobody’s business.” Then why bother confirming it? “We both just thought it was time to do that. It happened months ago, long before we released it. There’s just no need [for the press] to go, ‘Oh, they must be lying about why they’ve done it.’ Believe me, if there was animosity between us, we wouldn’t lie. It’s just very sad and private.”

So does she still feel sad about it? “I don’t really want to talk about that. I think splitting up with anybody isn’t the most pleasurable experience in life but when it’s the right thing, it’s the right thing. I’m not going to dwell on it.” But people will continue to ask you about it, I say. “Yes, and I bet if they were doing an interview with [Jude] they wouldn’t. That’s what I get frustrated about. With him, people won’t ask.”

Sienna is asked if she’ll do the GI: Joe sequel: “No,” she says sheepishly, while confirming that although her co-star Channing Tatum will be returning for the second instalment, she’s ducked out of it. “I think I compromised myself with that movie,” she says carefully. “It wasn’t the kind of film I would like to see and it sort of made me evaluate why I’m doing this. I realised that unless it was a film I really loved, I didn’t want to be away working. Because I’m getting to the stage where I want to work to live, not live to work, if you see what I mean. I don’t want to do a film that I wouldn’t even go to see.”

Instead, she plans to focus on smaller, independent films. “I want to learn more and become cleverer, and work with great directors.” And do another play? “I’ll do another one in London in the fall, I think. The fall!” she jokes in a flawless American accent. “Get me!”

On the paparazzi: “I’d have 10 photographers outside my house and chasing me in cars every day,” she says. When did she decide enough was enough? “I think it got to the stage where it was either [taking the paparazzi to court] or quitting.” The industry? “Yes. I mean, it wasn’t worth it, the way my life had become. There was no life. And I understand how irritating that must sound, to say I just couldn’t cope, but I don’t want to adapt to having a driver. I don’t want to be protective of myself to a degree where it’s not normal. Because I am quite a normal person, really.” I tell her that she’s been papped recently with her co-star in Flare Path, Joe Armstrong (in case she hadn’t heard). She nods, “Oh, the entire company has got this whole joke going. I mean, the amount of people I’m linked with romantically that I’ve never even met is ridiculous.”

Sienna on celebrities moving fast in their relationships: “Oh, I think it just appears that way. I mean, I got engaged…” She pauses. “I’ve only been engaged once by the way.” Really? What happened with Jude? “A second time? No. No, absolutely not true. I’ve been engaged once [to him] and not engaged to anybody else since. The £130,000 ring? Absolutely didn’t exist.”

[From Stylist]

Eh. I mean, it’s an interesting interview, but I often think that Sienna Miller is stuck in this teenage-girl mentality and lack of self-awareness. Meaning that for Sienna, everything is about her and her drama and she lacks adult perspective on her place in the food chain, you know? She fronts like she’s a major actress, or like she’s still that circa 2005 It Girl who has lots of career possibilities. The truth of the matter is that not many quality people want to work with Sienna and her junk.

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