Darcey Bussell

In the dance world, it has to be in your genetic make-up - your body has to suit the training. ”

Being a full-time mother is one of the biggest jobs in the world; it's like another career for me. I love every moment of it - even the challenge of making cupcakes. ”

Ever since I've given up dancing, every physiotherapist or Pilates teacher has said you have to keep moving. If I don't, I'll have a hundred times more injuries because you get weak areas on your body. ”

Weirdly, I didn't even know that I said 'yah' all the time. ”

My mum sent me to ballet from the age of five, not because I was that into it but because I had really knock knees. ”

I did ballet from the age of five, but what I loved was my gymnastics. I kept the ballet going because of the gymnastics, then found I was going to be too tall. ”

Now I'm on television, I'm far more conscious of my skin than I used to be - I would often leave the theatre with layers of pancake make-up still on my face, but on a medium such as TV, I have to be more fastidious. ”

When I had kids, I had to work out how to keep my stamina up. I learned the power of protein and eating a variety of foods. ”

As long as everything is happy at home, I can be totally selfish at work. ”

This perception that we can be stars without any work and just appear is rubbish. ”