I watch people from the top of buses who don't know they're being watched. It's quite fascinating.

I left school the day I turned 16, the earliest day I legally could. Determined to follow a life on stage, preferably with some dance connection, I applied for and won a place at the local drama school. I was on my way.

I would do nearly anything for a laugh, to tell the truth. And I'm a particular favourite with young men with earrings.

Mummy always wanted the five children, and she knew she couldn't look after them all because she was this absolutely glorious woman who loved going to parties and going to the races, and she just didn't have time.

Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.

My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a poor Scottish family, was a doctor.

I love Monet - I've nicknamed him King Blob. When you go up to the painting, it's a series of blobs - amazing.