I always knew I had this voice, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I realized I had the power to do something with it.

Singing has never been particularly easy for me.

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.

The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

In a way I do hate the process of writing. It's like learning a role where you never think you're going to be able to conquer it when you start and it just takes enough focus and narrowing and getting enthusiastic and not losing it and so on. It's never good enough, but you aim for something and you hope it comes somewhat close. But it is a pleasure once you have written it.

Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.