What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me that likes playing character parts and getting the chance to get away from my own physicality.

When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.

It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.

I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the ''f'' word.

Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

And trust. It takes a long time to trust someone. You work with people, anybody you dont know, it takes about a films length to get to know each other. Then if you move on, you have to start right back at the beginning. But if you carry on together and try doing different things, you can all grow together.

I've got Tourette's, practically. I'll tell anyone anything.