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

When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark.

Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken the decision to pull me out of school altogether. Everything I needed, he reasoned, could be found within the rich language of Shakespeare's plays at which, by then, I was something of an old hand.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.

It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.