I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.

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.

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.

I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.

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

Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.

Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on TV.