Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.

I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.

I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.

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

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

It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.