I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.

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 am proud of my cake-making image but life is not that perfect. There are socks in my fruit bowl.

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.

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.

I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward