I simply couldn’t conceive of how devastating it would be not to be able to hear my children’s voices. Not to be able to communicate with them, to hear them learn, grow, and express themselves verbally. How fortunate, how blessed I am. This overwhelmed me. I can talk to my children, I can respond to their needs and comfort them when they tell me they are unwell. I can tell them stories and hear them tell theirs.

I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.

I'm always inspired by actresses who are older than me. Because I know that person has lived so much more life than I have. There's a whole other toolbox.

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

I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.

When you're telling a story, I think you should tell it to its fullest, with reckless abandon, and absolutely let it be what it is.

I look very different from how people expect me to be... Clearly they think I'm a great big fat viking.