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

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.

I don't get inoculations or take anti-malaria tablets when I go abroad, I take the homeopathic alternative, called 'nosodes', and I'm the only one who never goes down with anything.

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

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.

I'm not much of a baby freak - I like them when they're older.