In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts.

In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare.

Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?

I'm not unaware of the fact that probably my biggest audience is lesbians, and is probably the main reason why I've attained the success that I have.

All men are difficult.

When people have asked me in the past if I'm gay, I've said "I'm not gay, but I'm festive."

But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age.