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“For me, if I can dance and not really realise I'm keeping fit, but I am then great, dance is a good one.”
“I don't want to be moaning about getting older or being overweight. I just want to focus on being happy and healthy.”
“Television is very instant. Theatre is much more free, but you are very much on your own up there on stage and in control of your own performance.”
“In my head, that climb up the career ladder just doesn't exist. I feel I've achieved everything I set out to achieve, as far as work goes.”
“I love any type of cheese, preferably on a large board with a glass of Chateauneuf-du-Pape.”
“I went through a phase in my 20s when I was overdosing on self-help books, so it was really refreshing to read 'The Alchemist' because it was a novel, but it still had the same wisdom, wasn't patronising and didn't tell you how you should live your life.”
“I'm not waiting for Mr Right. I'd be open to dating, but I'm happy not. I'm not on Tinder or anything.”
“If anything, I would say the movies I've done have been very low paid. TV work and voice-overs have been more lucrative.”
“I've always had a thing about Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, and Imelda Staunton. I'm hoping to follow in their footsteps.”
“I'd love to go to Indonesia, Bali, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.”
“With TV shows that film in London, you're pretty much around for your kids, so that's good.”
“I have Italian heritage, so I'm keen to go over for a few months with the girls and soak up the culture and the food. I'd like us all to learn Italian together as a family - it's something I've been saying for years.”
“I love the idea of solar panels, but they are very expensive. I hope, as living sustainably becomes the norm, they will become more accessible.”
“Once you get into your 40s, you're no longer leading-lady age. Generally, those roles get offered to women in their 20s and 30s.”
“I like to have a reason to change my hair. I'm not very good at saying, 'I think I'm going to do something else with my hair now.' I like a character to lead it that way.”
“I juice beetroots, carrots, celery, pineapples, or anything in my fridge that's left over. I just chuck it all in - it's very good for cleansing your system.”
“I never wanted to be famous and live my life in the glare of publicity.”
“If I grow older like my mum, I'll be happy. She's never touched her face. She has laughter lines but looks lovely.”
“When I came out of school, my mum was one of the youngest mums waiting at the gate. She was the cool mum on the block.”
“Sciences were not my favourite subjects at school. I preferred English, drama, music, and history.”