I like to shock people.

I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.

Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.

People can forgive each other.

With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.

I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.

I think a lot of women are incredibly tough and they're just really admirable. Especially the way that, given what they've got, they just manage to carry on.