I was never, ever the ingenue. The young, innocent lead was just not me.

I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.

I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!

I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes.

When people said schooldays were the best days of your life, I remember thinking: 'Tell me it's not true. This cannot be it.' I don't think my life has ever been that bad again. It hasn't always been easy but at least I have been free.

In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the theatre that I can hardly say it in normal life.

I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.