I'm not very much of a foodie; I like small amounts of delicious things, but I've never overeaten - I'd much rather have a glass of wine.

I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?

I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.

I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.

I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.

I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.