Laila Rouass

“I always try to be healthy - brown rice, brown pasta.”

“My character in 'Primeval' is a bookworm but she is very sexy.”

“I come from a background where bigger women are appreciated. After all, you can't belly dance with a flat stomach, so my ideal body would be curvy, womanly and voluptuous.”

“My style is all over the place. It goes by my mood, but on a day-to-day basis it's relaxed and comfortable, just jeans and T-shirts and no heels unless I'm going to a meeting.”

“I did 'Footballer's Wives' for two-and-a-half seasons and I asked to be written out.”

“You have to eat well, drink enough water and get enough sleep to look your best, and no fancy creams will substitute that.”

“The make-up on 'Footballers' Wives' is unbelievable - there's loads of fake tan.”

“I have more than 100 pairs of Jimmy Choos and I feel very guilty about it.”

“My mother's incredibly independent and she brought us up to be the same. She had five daughters and two sons and only allowed one mirror in the house because she didn't want us to be obsessed with our looks or weight.”

“Every time I tell someone that I'm doing 'Spooks,' they're like, 'Wow!' That's a guaranteed reaction. It's such a high-end show, it's so sexy and slick and smooth.”

“I usually switch off my phone. I can't bear it; obviously I'm not a very social person like that.”

“I want my daughter to grow up with some kind of ambition. I want her to work and to have that independence.”

“I have no medical knowledge whatsoever so playing a surgeon on 'Holby' has been a real eye opener!”

“Every break-up is unique. But when there are children involved you don't know where to turn.”

“A lot of mums are torn between their work and missing out on important milestones in their children's lives.”

“Jimmy Akingbola, Ed MacLiam and Hugh Quarshie are all so fit!”

“When somebody openly talks about having depression, it's a very brave thing to do.”

“I'm not a marriage person. I've realized that it's not for me, the commitment and all that.”

“If I'm in the wrong, I'll always say sorry, but sometimes it takes a while.”