There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity.

I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased.

I am not sure about facelifts because I wouldn't want to be someone who just looks like she's had a facelift.

I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious and I don't know what to say. But I don't think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about.

I took a fortnight off. But I'm not a great believer in breaks. I don't want to be rattling around inside my own head. I did feel I was spiralling into a Kathy Burke character and tried going out, but I prefer it here. Filming keeps me busy. It absorbs me.

Cake baking has to be, however innocently, one of the great culinary scams: it implies effort, it implies domestic prowess; but believe me, it's easy.

I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful.