There are lots of beautiful areas in England, and I am lucky enough to live in a stunning part of a very beautiful area.

I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.

All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it.

It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.

You cannot schedule death.

I always carry a good lipstick with me, like MAC in Ruby Woo. It has a matt finish, the essence of that vintage glamour look.

I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.