My blood runs cold when I hear the 'great news' that we have found a marker for the Down's syndrome gene, which means we can identify it more easily. Why is that good news? It's only good news if you're going to terminate.

If you get 10,000 guys to put their ideal woman into a computer, it still comes out looking like Angelina Jolie.

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

I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people.

When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.

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.

I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.