I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.

Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

We talked about trying to create an image that would somehow, to an audience, create the sense of awe, wonder and shock that the troops must have felt that their monarch - and a female monarch - went to the frontline of battle and was prepared to lay down her life. This speech is so well known and has been done in virtually every version of the events of Elizabeth's life.

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.

Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?

I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.