I Think You Know What You're Up

I Was On Holiday Recently And I Came Home To Find That One Of The Papers Here Had 'bikini'd' Me On The Beach. I Was Wearing A Grossly Unflattering Costume And They Had Published Photographs Of Me Taken From Behind. I Looked Dreadful. I Went Into Our Local Newsagent And Bought Up Every Copy.

I'd Been Gearing Up To Working In Theatre Since Coming Out Of Drama School, But It Was An Exciting Time For Tv Drama - It Was The Birth Of Channel 4, And Brookside Was Very Cutting-edge At The Time.

I Think Some People Think That Being On Television Makes You A Sitting Duck, But You Have The Right To Remain Private.

I Always Start From Scratch With A Character - They're Never Based On Anyone Else. You Get Ideas Of What People Look Like, And I'm A Great People Watcher. You Can Draw Inspiration From People.

I'm Becoming More Squeamish. I Didn't Use To Be - Nine Years Of 'silent Witness' Prepared Me For Most Things One Will Have The Misfortune To See In Life. Before, I'd Be Wading Up To My Neck In Gore, But Now I Tend To Look Away.