If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it.

When I read to children, I try to become the characters. It's great if you can make a separate voice for each character. Sometimes you can lower your voice with excitement or get more intimate about it: you can lean forward and engage the children as a narrator or as a reader. It's particularly important that you find the voice that you want to use for each character, because then children can imagine that person as you're reading aloud. And of course, the illustrations help enormously.

I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about.

For me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core.

I do think, where would kids be if it weren't for you and for the good pediatricians, and for the good parents? I passionately believe in sitting a child on your lap and tracing the lines of the book with your finger, and they can read before they know they can, if you bother enough. I did it with my kids, and they're doing it with their kids now.

It's all about giving back, helping people and encouraging people. I love to do that.