I was feeling very irritable. It was that difficult time of the month when the credit card statement arrives.

I wanted above all else not to be like my mum.

I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf.

I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.

I've never done so much bloody crying in my life. I was always moaning about how hard it was when we were shooting, how awful I felt.

Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again.

I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around.