‘I held on to what’s important’: Kim Novak on Hitchcock, Trump and her Venice lifetime achievement award

When Vertigo came along in 1958, Novak was 25 and at the height of her fame. On set, she found a rare creative freedom. “The thing I absolutely adored about Hitchcock was he allowed you to become the character in the way you saw fit. More insecure directors want to think for you, act for you, and th...