I really like lads and grew up with two brothers and all of their mates. I'm also close to several actors that I've played opposite.

I have lads here who have played for Dunfermline or who played under Davie at Livingston and they are desperate to get through. They want this tie and they want to have a go at Dunfermline. But we are not under-estimating Huntly.

I've got a green card, so I can work there any time, but I hate reading about actors going to America, because it's not like that anymore.

It sounds so boring - and my brothers tease, 'Oh poor you, pulling pretend pints all day' - but it's very, very long hours, and you're knackered when you get home.

One of my first memories is running up and down the theatre at Wakefield Opera House.

Don't be fooled. Looks can be deceptive. Like every working mother, I'm paddling away like a duck beneath the water.