Performance became part of my art in a way - expressing things and emotion.

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.

I do so many things. Like when I was younger, if I drove past a house that I didn't want to live in, I'd hold my breath. Driving around somewhere like Slough I'd go blue in the face.

I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

I like to accessorise shirts with a little ribbon tied round my collar or a country style ascot. I've also sewed little hearts on some of my sleeves which I've done for years because I always wear my heart on my sleeve so if you see a little embroidered heart on my clothes, that's why!

I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.