A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year.

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

My acting range? Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.

It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another.

I nearly died of double bronchial pneumonia at the age of five.

The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.