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'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 swim more or less every day.

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 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.

We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes.