Red carpets and dressing up are a part of work that I enjoy less than some people..

I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for - if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are involved in a car accident, then ….

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed..

People have really strong images of what church is, and it's almost certainly not the same as mine..

One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,' and it's not because you….

Once you have a Down's syndrome child, you can't conform. In a way, you're free..

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them..

I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage..

Its quite confusing being one of the less wealthy people at a posh place..

I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people..

The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration..

When I got pregnant with my first child I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: "I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when….

I start the day with the intention of doing 4,000 sit-ups but then have to work..

I'm sorry to say I'm very lizard-like. My skin is dry, so covering my face in greasy antioxidants is a better alternative..

Getting a new passport took me a stupid amount of time. I had to go back five times with different photographs because they kept saying I was smiling….

My blood runs cold when I hear the 'great news' that we have found a marker for the Down's syndrome gene, which means we can identify it more easily.….

My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film..

A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. It's like walking through the back of a cupboard into a really dull Narnia..

I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated..

I dont have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar..

A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful..