My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.

I'm a woman of a certain age who doesn't have kids and never really settled down ... I enjoy kids but not for long periods. I think they're adorable and funny and sweet, and then I have a headache.

I exercise as much as I can. If I don't exercise, I feel sluggish. i try to do 30 minutes a day.

When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it.

What I'm now discovering - and I'm now in another decade - is that the older I get the more I have my self knowledge which makes me feel more sexy.

Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.

My male friends don't seem to have any feelings of intimidation that I am a 100-watt sex bomb standing next to them.