I know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.

The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

You have to let kids live their own lives and make their mistakes, but it is difficult now because there are so many things in their lives which weren't in mine - I never had Facebook. And some of the things I see now I'm appalled by. So I'm as nosey about my daughter's life as I can be. I tell her, 'I'm all over you, whether you like it or not.'

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I'd do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day.