I've been taught always be nice to the lighting people - they're the people you make friends with straight away so that's what I do.

Time management is really important.

I'm not one of those people who escapes to the countryside at weekends.

I have no medical knowledge whatsoever so playing a surgeon on 'Holby' has been a real eye opener!

I always try to be healthy - brown rice, brown pasta.

Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.

My mum, who comes from Goa, wanted us to develop our minds when we were kids, so she used to turn the electricity off at weekends so we couldn't sit watching the telly.

Being in your 30s is about discovering yourself and your body and enjoying who you are.

I usually switch off my phone. I can't bear it; obviously I'm not a very social person like that.