But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children—they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.

When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything else.

I think marriage, in its loosest sense, is people committing to each other saying I love you and I like being with you and that is wonderful. I don't see the need to formalize it unless you plan to have children and you want the fair distribution of assets.

I'm sort of doing a lot of the things now that I never thought I would and that I wished I had done a year or so ago.

Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.

When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.