I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.

I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.

I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.

When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.

I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.

One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.

The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.