I think that's important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you're not just the girlfriend or the sister.

I think that there's an idea in 2016 that if a woman doesn't have it all then she's lacking in some way, and I think that 'having it all' is the kid, the relationship and the career, and that seems horribly skewed. I get genuinely excited when I meet women - or men - who don't want to have children. It's refreshing and unusual and means they're not swayed by what society has told them, they're just listening to their own basic instincts. I love meeting people who are fulfilled by other things. I think, 'lucky old you' when I meet someone single.

I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.

I've never for a second felt like my job has been more of a struggle because I'm a woman.

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

Comedy and drama are less ageist media for women than stuff like light entertainment. But in TV or film, women have to be more pleasing on the eye than men.

I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular.