I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.

It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed for boots, bags and belts.

I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!

I think TV is all about not turning off the public, it's about not being too sexy, not being too much of anything really.

I was minding my own business, really, and then all of a sudden, Hollywood approached me.

I regard myself as an actress but, obviously, not in the Dame Judi Dench league. That isn't a problem because I don't think we are ever likely to be up for the same part!

I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.