There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.

I'm a mother of three children, and we do make mistakes.

'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values.

I prefer watching movies on the sofa rather than sitting next to Bob Geldof at a premiere and wanting to kill yourself.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

I've never seen an episode of Downton Abbey.