Tilda Swinton has finally learned to "value" her family history

Speaking on 'CBS Sundays', she said: "Very, before...very lazy my family! They kind of came over out of the mists, Vikings, I suppose, and they've been there ever since. But it's really strange because I didn't really [feel a connection] for years and recently I've been taken by surprise by how much it means. I have the privilege of now caretaking, certain trees, that have been in my family for a long time.

"And it means something to me. Trees, in land, where my parents lived for years. Knowing that those trees were planted by my great-great-great-great-greats, whatever, is significant somehow. And again, incredibly luxurious.

"I think when I left school, I wanted to go and find my own world and I didn't think my family's world was going to nourish me. I thought 'Thank you, I'm out, I'm done, wonderful!"

"But now - and maybe this is just something that happens at a certain stage in life - I am valuing it and realising things that I am nourished by on a daily basis by my family roots. "

The 'Room Next Door' star has also developed a "reliance on nature" at this point in her life and has found that it has given her a "bond" with her family and ancestors.

She said: "For example, an absolute reliance on nature. That's a huge bond with my parents, with my grandparents, with my great-grandparents. The fact that they planted those trees way back then and I now have the responsibility of looking after them. That's huge."