I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.

But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.

For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough

Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.

When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say.

Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s.