Alex Kingston

Cleopatra is one of the roles that I would love to do!

I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

I lead a very quiet life and never court publicity. I don't go to a restaurant and let slip I'm leaving by the back door, like some celebrities.

I live a very boring life.

My life isn't interesting enough for anyone to hack my phone.

I enjoyed my schooldays, but I thought, 'I've got to get through it, and then my life can start.'

If you are the one who is dumped, then you feel like your life is over.

I don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and never play a contemporary character.

I normally have a healthy fear of journalists.

The cast of 'ER' is very close, and everyone has treated me so well.

Children's programming in America, I think it's pretty shoddy in terms of lack of diversity. It's pretty much cartoons and Disney sort of shows. I don't find any of that stimulating for children.

It's so important to spend your free time with little people. They grow up before you know it. Childhood is gone in the blink of an eye.