Ill-fitted T-shirts stretched over a gut are my pet hate. And if the colour's faded - ugh.

I like 'X Factor' as much as the next person, but I do get overwhelmed with the amount of reality TV. It's such cheap programming and such a load of rubbish, most of it.

I think I can be relatively attractive when I dress up, but I'm not Julia Roberts or Catherine Zeta Jones.

When something is dramatized it provokes a much more emotive response than just hearing a story on the news.

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story.

I have to admit, I go through phases of being good and bad. When I'm being good, I go to the gym three to four times a week. I do much better in a class with other people. I like aerobics and circuit training.

If you can do something great in 60 seconds, you can do anything, really.