I can't think of anything I would rather not - rather do than get up and not do anything. I have to do something. Whether it is painting, writing, acting, shopping, going to the gym, being with friends, going out - I just am a very active person. I have a lot of friends and I travel a lot.

Life is not life unless you make mistakes

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.

I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.