I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.

My instinct is to be very controlling.

Why do I find it hard to write the next line?

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

Your life is the same wherever you go.

We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.