There is something very freeing about being anonymous because nothing is expected of you; nothing is getting back to anyone, and no one cares.

We came up with this idea of a power struggle between two people who really love each other, and 'Doll & Em' took off. Calling it by our own names was the director's idea, but hopefully people will understand that we're playing versions of ourselves.

It feels like as you get a bit older, you've worked out the things that are good for your life apart from with acting.

When Dad died in 1998, it really hit my confidence - he'd helped me write and he thought I was really funny, but since he'd died I didn't feel right. And it felt like no one but me even remembered him.