That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame.

I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go off to lead their own life would be unbearable.

It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

I love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people.