I was very much into science when I was young - I wanted to be a marine biologist, then I wanted to be a doctor, and then something else, I was always changing.

I'm not very glamorous.

I constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.

I'm one of these people that if I have a nice holiday - like I have had in Turkey repeatedly - I go back a lot.

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.

I went to University after my A levels and did a degree in performing arts. It was only when I got there that I realized there were stage schools out there, and you had your union and your contacts and The Spotlight and this whole world of the acting industry that I had no idea about. So when I graduated, I took a year out and just thought really hard about whether it was something I knew enough about, and whether it was the career I could dedicate the rest of my wacky life to.

Being short works for me.