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 do find modern jazz quite tricky.

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

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.

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.

Acting has been very useful to me.

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