In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.

You should *have* an experience; it shouldn't just *be* an experience.

Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don't have an agenda. It's more endearing and less piercing to your aura.

If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen to it in a different way. The most impact you can have while asking them to re-listen to a song is if it's a song they know very well.

Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.