I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and I've got a plant catalogue on the go.

I look back at that time fondly. It's something I never thought I'd get the chance to do, be in a soap. Working with Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden - they're legends in their own lifetimes aren't they?

Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors.

I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.

I took my children to see 'Son of Rambow,' about two boys who make a home movie with a video camera. When you have children, culturally you become involved in their life.

People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me.

Wyndham's is a beautiful old theatre. The sensation on the stage isn't as different as you might think from the Royal Court.