I think one wants lots of different lives.

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 rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.

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 learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.

Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me - I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations.

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.