I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don't go together. So they would give me a foreign accent.

Because my career has been based so much on my looks, when I finally pass my 'sell-by' date, I think I'll probably pack it in. Unless I make the changeover into playing witches or something, I don't see what career I can have.

The trouble with some cooking is that the real flavours get cancelled out by the wine, cream, and butter sauces.

The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

The centerpiece of Obamanomics - raising taxes on high earners and investors and lowering them on the middle class - is attacked by free-marketers for penalizing economic success and possibly further stalling economic growth.

Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.

What goes up must come down; I'm not going to be in 'Hamilton' forever. Everything I work on won't have this kind of success.