I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything.

You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.