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.

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.

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

I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes not looking as good as the ones in the shops.

I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself.

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.

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.