I think family matters to me enormously. In fact, family is the first priority. If my family is good, I can do anything. If they're not, I'm a basket case.

After all, children are children no matter their background.

I've been blessed to be at the right place at the right time.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.

I Google'd myself a lot of times believe me. A lot of people know more about me than I knew.

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.