If you’re constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?

I use my awards as doorsteps. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library – they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces.

I’ve often sat down with people talking about a film I’ve been in, and they haven’t realised I was in it.

I think it’s very unhealthy to claim you love someone you don’t know.

I’ve become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.

As I’ve got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn’t want to tamper with it.

I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn’t go to university, so that’s my further education.

I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I’d look at women in their forties and think, ‘That’s the age I want to be.’

I love London, and it’s a privilege for my children to grow up here.

Actually, I’m looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that’s when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.