When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.

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

I always have bananas with me for energy.

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.

When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.

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

My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.