Ads are cool.

I just don't 'get' pets.

I avoid envy at all costs.

I never take my makeup off.

I make a good roast chicken.

My husband thinks I'm insane.

I think I was born aged about 86.

I grew up not worrying about my looks.

The truth is that tights are just so cosy.

I won a robotics championship when I was 13.

Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourites.

I'd take Tom Hollander over Brad Pitt any day.

I still have to stand on a box to post a letter.

Top-flight football players are a strange bunch.

I am allergic to fancy dress. This is actual fact.

I like small actors. They are my absolute favourite.

I share a birthday with Max Beesley and James Nesbitt.

I can't stand people who say they've got 'Africa fatigue.'

If a straight man dresses well, chances are he's not straight.

I am allergic to sweating. Seriously I get in shape by lying down.

Christmas is not a time for laughter. Christmas is a time for pain.

On 'Richard And Judy' I dressed up as an orange for Fruit Awareness Week.

I go to bed with as much makeup on as I can so I look cooler in my dreams.

Forgetting stuff is just human, especially when other things are on our minds.

I'm not sure a pretty and stupid man might be the key to a happy relationship.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.

Men fill up their heads and drawers and sheds with stuff from their teenage years.

I am box-set girl; I buy into those big American series like 'The Sopranos' and 'Heroes.'

I like cookery shows much more than my husband, so I put them on the minute he goes away.

I was a sucker for glamorous women in shoulderpads eating fancy things like eggs benedict.

I really like Jon Snow in quite an unhealthy way - he's got a jaunty tie and a fast brain.

There is no film on the face of this earth that is as blatant a girl's film as '27 Dresses.'

I love that ageing rocker look, dressed in black and looking like you slept in your make-up.

I used to spend hours reading the Sunday papers, but then I had 900 children so I don't any more.

The only thing I'm obsessed with is sleeping. I'm really good at it and if I don't do it I'm horrible.

I had a go with Botox but looked both scared and surprised at the same time. I don't like to be either.

I'd like my children to remember all the cuddles and bedtimes, and that I worshipped them unconditionally.

Hiring someone to look after your children is about the most important thing you will ever do in your life.

Facebook is the first class of social networking. If MySpace is Camden Lock then Facebook is Harvey Nichols.

I always have eyeliner in the house. There might be no bread, we might be out of milk, but there's always eyeliner.

I don't like anything too perfect, or anyone who looks like they have just stepped out of a salon; that's not for me.

I don't like ads: I'm too susceptible. I find myself in the supermarket buying Ronseal, and I don't even have a shed.

My twenties were painful. You had to go out to nightclubs. I love not having to pretend to enjoy those things anymore.

I never go to parties. I never go to premieres. You can't play that game, because it's short-lived and you want a life.

Be completely honest - have you ever met someone who you thought was truly clever or interesting or witty who wore fawn?

When I want to feel especially grateful, I think about the early days dressing up as an orange for Fruit Awareness Week.

I don't think I'd get employed if I did pastel eye and a side parting. People would say: 'Get someone else for the job!'

Grown-up parties are so dull they make me want to throw a tantrum and hurl red wine on the nearest cream-damask armchair.

Men are, on the whole, born without any fashion sense whatsoever. I don't say this to be mean, but I'm just being honest.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

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