Most of us manage the fateful things that happen in our lives the best we can, certainly not to a Stalin-like 20-year plan.

You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came down, they would think we were all tall, thin, attractive and wealthy.

No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.

When I was at school you got an overall general education, on many things, even just basic facts.

On the whole, you can have a private life and be famous. But when milestones happen in your life like having children or getting married, privacy goes out of the window.

I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work.

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.