"War is good for absolutely nothing, because no matter how far and wide apart we may live, we're all ..." — Cherie Lunghi

I've never felt the need to be defined by a man.

I really enjoyed staying at an encampment at the top of a hill in the Samburu Reserve in Kenya. You reach it on a small plane; there is no electricity, no city noises and you sleep and shower under the Milky Way, with moths fluttering around a kerosene lamp, knowing that there are elephants and lions roaming free in the valley.

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, the higher your profile, the more castable you are in TV dramas.

My mum - and my granny and I - would close the curtains, turn on the TV and snuggle up and watch 'Come Dancing.' It was actually my granny who was the biggest fan; she loved the show, and she passed on her passion for it to me. I loved the dancing but also the frocks and the glamour.