I was a real art freak when I was a teenager.
To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends.
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.
I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better.
I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education.
I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.
I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'
I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.
