Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school.

I think that period dramas just need zombies.

When people feel good, they look good.

I don't like seeing celebs looking too skinny, I love it when they look healthy and comfortable in their bodies and embrace their curves.

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.

I love clothes but it's a struggle for me to get out of jeans and a baggy jumper.

The first Disney movie I saw I think was 'Snow White.' I loved all the Disney princess movies.

Mum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table.

My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was Just William. It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.

I really have been lucky because I've always had a very healthy attitude to my body.

At drama school, we were taught to write down your dreams and carry them around in your wallet with you, and they'll come true, but I didn't do that.

The Holy Scripture is a holy instruction of God.

It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

People who have strong likes and dislikes find life very difficult

I tried to go to Kosovo to establish a statue to commemorate those who died during the wars, and to discuss moving on, so we could move into a new era. But I was banned from there.

Think inside the work - outside the work

I could add her to the long list of people I didn't understand.

Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Underneath all the skin, we're all the same.