Because of the person I am I won't be knocked down — ever. They can say I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm whatever, and I'll never stop. I just won't. I've got too much to do. I've too much to be happy about.

I have no regrets. If you regret things, you're sort of stepping backwards. I'm a believer in going forwards.

Many roads to take some to joy some to heart ache

My dad was an actor, and my older sister is an actress, and so I very much remember thinking, "Well, of course I'll do that as well." But I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical and maybe the odd episode of [U.K. '80s TV drama] Casualty. My backup plan was to do something with children, to start a nursery school or work with underprivileged kids. And I still dream of maybe doing that in some way. I've always got children in my house, always.

If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don't mind being completely insane.

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

The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly, I don't desire to look like that.