The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.

If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly.

I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up.

I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!

I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.

You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible.

Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.