I've loved acting and dancing since I was a kid. Before anyone thought I was pretty or before I had a voluptuous figure, that was what I was going to do.

I've never had one of those amazing yoga bodies. My body is what it is. I am sure if I went on a crash diet, lost two stone and toned up I could make loads of money by making fitness videos and selling my story to the tabloids. But I don't want to encourage women to be anything other than what they are. That's very important to me.

People think you can't be clever if you have breasts.

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

What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.

I've always wanted to be independent and answer for myself. That probably is the part of me I would class to be feminist. I'd like to have children; marriage I have a bit of an issue with.

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.