I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go reasonably well and the opportunity arose for me to move into it full time, I just couldn't turn it down. I just took the risk, and I just wanted to see if it would work and thankfully it did.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.

There's still this underlying image of women that they should fulfil a certain role. It's no accident that a lot of men who are a bit misogynistic tend to say things like 'get back to the kitchen' or 'why aren't you at home looking after the kids'.

It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.