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The
factor
W
hen Sienna Miller was 11 years old, on
holiday with her father in New York, she
spotted Steven Spielberg buying a hat.
Bounding up to the legendary director of
Jaws and E .T. she asked for his autograph- the only time in her whole life she’s ever requested a famous
signature. “He looked at me like I was very cheeky,” she says,
blushing. “I told him I wanted to be an actress and he wrote,
‘Work hard for your dreams.’”
Now 35, Miller lives by these words. They hang, framed,
on her bathroom wall, serving as a daily reminder of just what
it takes to realise your ambitions. “I think that’s probably the
key – the key to success,” she nods. “Certainly to gratification.
Some people can be successful without working hard and
things can [come] easily. But it’s pretty difficult to be satisfied
by work unless you really apply yourself.”
Lately, Miller has every right to feel satisfied. Starring
in Clint Eastwood’s mega-hit American Sniper, opposite
Bradley Cooper, and in Ben Affleck’s gangster saga Live
by Night helped to re-establish her Hollywood creden-
tials. Tellingly, she’s also relocated to New York with her
five-year-old daughter Marlowe, leaving behind London
where she was the subject of extraordinary tabloid scruti-
ny after high-profile romances with fellow actors Jude Law,
Rhys Ifans and Balthazar Getty.
Last year, her sister Savannah posted a picture of her
online at JFK airport, perched on a guitar case and
surrounded by suitcases. “It’s official,” wrote Savannah.
Once a tabloid
target and
committed wild
child, Sienna
Miller opens
up about her
new chapter as
a dedicated mum
- and why she
has no regrets.
By James Mottram