"Motherhood to me is something that I always wanted, but never quite knew how it was going to happen."

"I had - along with my singing and dancing, I was very happy to be born in the hometown of Dylan Thomas. So the government was financing dramatic groups and amateur dramatics and stuff like that."

"I have siblings. And there are certain things I know that I can push their buttons. And they know they have certain things where they can push mine."

"I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage."

"I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know; sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you."

"I eat like a horse - my mother still brings me Cadbury's chocolate from Britain; I do have a very healthy appetite - but I work out."

"We recently had an extension built, to house a closet. It's like the Tardis - I go in there and never come out."

"If I'm going to leave my family for any length of time, it had better be for a role that I haven't played before, with great people. It had better be fun."

"I'm quite a broad girl, not at all delicate. I watch what I eat to stay in shape, but I'm against diets. I eat when I'm hungry, three meals a day."