My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.

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

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

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

I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.

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.