My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

I love playing a smart, ambitious, talented woman. Who doesn't? That's really fun for me.

When I see some of the people who are glorified in magazines these days - who are so thin it's bordering on sickness - I just feel exhausted.

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

I'm not perfect. But clothes help. A good bra with some underwire definitely helps a lot!

I'm grateful people think I'm beautiful or sexy, and I suppose it's better than the alternative, but I do try to fight it a bit so it's not all people see me as. And I'd love to one day be in a position where I could choose a role to showcase my creativity versus just my bra size.

I spent so many years just saying what I felt without thinking about the ramifications, without understanding that I have this opinion but not everyone might share that opinion and now they don't like me because of it.