“Hello, I am away until 01/01/2070 and am unable to read your message”

Swinton is the descendant of a medieval clan of Anglo-Scot toffs, a tall, clever girl sent away early to boarding school (where she studied for a while alongside the future Princess Diana), the daughter of a major general in the Scots Guards who was expected to, as she understood it at the time, not be too freaky. […] She talks about her friends as her heroes, whose faces “are lining my space capsule that is hurtling through space.” Hell, send her an email and the auto-reply you get back says: “Hello, I am away until 01/01/2070 and am unable to read your message.”

TILDA SWINTON, EVERYBODY. There are many gems in this profile of her, but the one I’m hanging onto is the fact that she’s been trying to remake Auntie Mame?! [NYMag]