I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

But Americans find me bizarre and always ask me why I eat so many carbs. I tell them I don't get full otherwise.

In Hollywood I got work but not the right work until Pushing Daisies. Every girl in LA wanted the part of Chuck. I was terrified - I didn't know if I could be funny.

I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money.

I want more children but for the next three years I want to act.

When you're given something new, it's always exciting 'cause you're the first one to do it. You're not having to live up to any expectations, or be compared to anyone who's ever done it before.

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.