I am a person. I am not a soap opera. There is never going to be a next [tabloid] installment about my life because my own stuff is my own stuff.

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.

I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best.

I hope I'm always learning something.

There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.

By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations.

The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.