It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

I have sleepless nights before press days.

I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.

If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.

Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.

Whatever I'm doing, I try to give it everything.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

No, I always wanted to be an actress.

Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield

There’s a reason you don’t have pictures of your work area at sweet home.

Carry on carry on for the men and boys are gone But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women carry on.

work. play. passion.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

Eleanor's hair caught fire at dawn. Her eyes were dark and shining, and his arms were sure of her. The first time he touched her hand, he'd known.

That cruelty which children are permitted to show to birds and other animals will most probably exert itself on their fellow creatures when at years of maturity.

My experience is that sequels are rarely as good as the originals.

It's not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be the right person in the right place at the right time.

I listen to other people's music now. I didn't for many years but now I am fascinated again as much as I was when I started out.