My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.

Before a long-haul flight, buy yourself a cheap, big, comfortable pillow. It makes a huge difference.

I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.

Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.

When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art.

When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.

I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk - I just danced.