I like to sing along to Annie Lennox and pretend to be as sassy as her.

As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!

Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom line is that you want to sell tickets.

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

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

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?

I'm not a natural reader but there are books I'll read and read again.