I do enjoy fashion - a lot of runway clothes are pretty unwearable, but if moderated, the trends can be worn by just about anyone.

As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head.

An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use to me. Schools should teach the basics of cookery, first aid, how to look after your money and how to speak foreign languages. Useful things.

My parents were not theatrical at all.

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.