It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time.

Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.

I've had two children and no surgery. My body is the result of good genes and a healthy attitude.

For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.

People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.

I try to meditate every morning. It relaxes me, clears my mind, and sets my day off on the right foot before things get too manic.