Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.

I love to travel with my family or my two best friends because I completely trust them. I forced my two best friends into learning to scuba dive with me in Sri Lanka - it was amazing but also hideous because we were learning in very difficult seas.

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

I do believe in an afterlife. I try to be at one with people and try to love life as much as I can.

I'd hate to be a sex symbol. Because you're always having to live up to an image. I haven't got time to sit around doing my nails.