I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.

When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn't normally crave, like biscuits, because they'll give me a bit of energy to keep going.

If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.

My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time.

After 30 years of television, I want to play more than I used to.

Turning 50 changed me and I'm far more accepting of myself. I'm not thin, but I am a size 10. I go in at the middle and very much out at the bottom and top. And now I think, 'Well, that's how I am.

One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing - a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried.