I don't treasure things much - just people. And pets.

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

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 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.