As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.

Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

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

I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

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.

I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.