I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.

Sex does not exist for me at all. I haven't had a boyfriend for a long time. There were only three or four in my life up until now anyway.

Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it.

You're full of insecurities in your 20s - most of the time your heart's being broken, you're having a difficult time finding out who the hell you are, and I was trying to do that in the full glare of the public.

Careers don't seem to be built up in the same way as they were in the 80s.