Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the standing ovations every night, not just on review night.

I've never pretended to be a supermodel.

If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult.

I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.

Some men send me condoms and underpants. I'm not sure what they want.

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.

I've been told if you're an actress you can't sing, if you're a dancer you can't act, you can't do theatre and be respected if you've done a TV soap, you can't have a No. 1 record. All these different things they've told me I can't do, but I wanted to do them, so I've done them.