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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.