I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.

I have a lot of funny friends, though not everyone's funny all the time. Doon Mackichan's my funniest friend in the pub; Nina Conti's the funniest with a monkey.

I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.