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.

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.

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.

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

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

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

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