The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

In films I might look glamorous, but I've been in hair and make-up for two hours.

I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.

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

I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.

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.