I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.

It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.

And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.

Socially, most people delayed motherhood for five to 10 years around us.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.