Alex Kingston

When I was pregnant, I did Kundalini yoga. It was all closing your eyes, dancing around, and putting your hands together to form birth canals for people to pretend to be a baby coming out.

I have a computer and an iPad, but I have no interest in Twitter.

Given the amount of work and time my mum devoted to my sister, it left me a lot of time to play on my own. I mean, I played with kids in the street all the time, too - I definitely wasn't denied a childhood. But I do wonder whether, in a sense, acting was my way of getting noticed.

I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive.

To be honest, 'Doctor Who' fans are a mixture of crazies plus solid citizens, but they're relentless.

I will always wear what I want and have some fun doing it. I'm not afraid to take risks with my appearance. I'm not so vain.

I went through about 13 rounds of IVF before I got pregnant with Salome; it was very tough.

I think I'm an extremely good mother. I know I'm an extremely good mother. But I didn't realise how much it sucks out of you.

Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is.

Even when I was at school, I wanted to be liked by everyone, even the bullies. I didn't like them, but I needed to know that they liked me.

In America, people come up and to me, and I keep thinking they're going to say, 'Oh, I loved you on 'ER.'' Now it's, 'Oh, I love you on 'Doctor Who.''

I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city; nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be even more liberal in the States, and it's totally the opposite.