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

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

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

My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world.

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

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

I think very few people do find a relationship where, every moment of every day, everything they do comes together. That's why, in a nutshell, everyone loved Barbara in 'The Good Life.' She was the perfect partner. It was a formula. She wasn't glamorous. She wasn't clever. But she was a good partner. That's too easy, too perfect.