My mother was in advertising and worked incredibly hard when she was bringing us up. She was a working mother and a working single parent. That instills in you a sense of determination.

Now we live in a time where the public and the private are completely fused and there isn't such a great distinction. We know our private lives are constantly made public. With Facebook and Twitter there isn't such a desire, it feels, to keep things private.

I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.

I don't like when I look too cluttered.

I love not having to rely on anyone.

I've never taken a role where I don't like a person on the page.

Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel.