Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother.

Before I was a mother, if I'd been photographed in a bikini, I'd have been mortified.

I don't have those great, strong, glowing pregnancies.

My grandparents - both of my mother's parents - were actors, and they ran the Reading Repertory Theatre Company, through the town of Reading, where I come from.

Thank God I'm in touch with my emotions enough to be able to pick up my children, kiss them all over and say 'I love you' over and over.

I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.