I'm a creature of habit, so I like going to boutiques, rather than larger stores, where I know I'll find something that suits me every time.

Acting has been very useful to me.

Listening to my regular favourites - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and so on - I always feel, quite misguidedly, that nothing can be too bad if such beauty and brilliance exists in the world.

I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference between the generations.

I do find modern jazz quite tricky.

People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one, it's 'don't talk about it.

I am proud of my cake-making image but life is not that perfect. There are socks in my fruit bowl.