The Brit-American actress said that the photog again used a speedboat to try to take pictures of her in her room and hogged after them at the Qantas Club as she and her mum were leaving to return to Sydney.

"Talking to him, he's not a straightforward person. That's why I live in Paris, because I get the privacy I want there," said Mischa.

However, with the piracy on her privacy apart, she said that she had a good time with her mother at the uber-luxurious Qualia Resort.

"I went jet skiing and scuba diving and saw some beautiful coral. I haven't had a vacation in a long time so I just laid out and relaxed - it's just been the two of us with our own pool. Real mother-daughter time," she said.