I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

In the garden of our house, when I was three. My brothers and I had a jumping wall. I remember it as enormously high, but it was probably only about a foot and a half.

It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.