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

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man.

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.

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

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

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