The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.

I'd been a housewife and mother to our son Thomas Jefferson, and I was looking for a new career. So when my agent called and said a producer named Paul Elliott from E&B productions, the biggest panto company in the country at the time, wanted to meet me I agreed.

I broke my ankle ten years ago so high heels are not an option unless I'm literally going door to door for a function.

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble.

Generally, I'm a pretty positive, but like any other working person, if the jobs aren't coming in, I do get depressed.

My father had his own business, a clothing store, which he inherited from his father. He travelled abroad frequently and was quite extravagant, so we had skiing holidays and summer holidays on the beach.

I listen to my body, I give it things it wants and I eliminate things it doesn't want.