You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.
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I have this sense of humour which is about as sophisticated as a seven-year-old schoolboy. I get very overexcited and silly.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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I wouldn't feel comfortable talking to someone I didn't know very well and, beyond that person, a readership of X millions, about things I think are private.
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It's funny landing parts now where I'm somebody's mum. I remember the first time I was asked to play a mum. I was easily old enough, but because I didn't have any children, I thought, 'That seems really grown-up.'
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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I was told it might be quite difficult to conceive, so it really was a great blessing when my pregnancy suddenly happened. I had been diagnosed years ago with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which can affect your fertility - but luckily, in my case, it didn't.