I'm into wellbeing, not because of social pressures to look a certain way, but because I'm interested in living a long, full and healthy life.

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

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