I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.

Singing has never been particularly easy for me.

After all, children are children no matter their background.

You always do that with movie musicals. You prerecord and then you lip-synch to playback.

Because I come from the theater, I use the images of the theater and of movies a great deal when I write. I see the story in my head. I have to break down the outline of a story first. I have to know where I'm going. Usually I have a good beginning and a good ending, and then I think, "Now I have to find my way through it."

It is America that gave me so much in my life. It wasn't until I came to America that my life just exploded in so many ways. So for me, I think in a way, though I'm English, I've been living the American Dream and I'm eternally grateful to Americans for allowing me to do what I love doing the most.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.