I’m more comfortable with myself than when I was younger. I hated myself then. Wait, I didn’t hate myself – that’s a strong word. But I was so diffident. I didn’t know how to act, for one. I had no confidence in that area or in myself at all, really. I had a big inner critic and still do. I just don’t listen to it so much.

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

I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting.

I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr Right moved in next door?'

When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you have to, as an actor, suspend your own disbelief.

Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out.