Uma Thurman has spoken about her experience of being addicted to nicotine.

The Kill Bill star says that she missed out on leading roles because smoking made her unfit.

"I used to smoke so much that I got winded if I did any exercise," she is quoted by the Daily Star as saying. "I was never rippling and toned like a lot of my colleagues.

"That makes you incredibly depressed and full of self-loathing, so thank goodness I've unhooked myself from the slavery of nicotine."