If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.

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.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

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.

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

My daughter couldn't care less about me being famous. She finds it revolting and, like a lot of teenagers, is virtually allergic to me. That started at 12 and hasn't gone anywhere yet.

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.