I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, and there were all these little boys and girls. So sweet. And then the teenagers walk past, and, my God, they're enormous, and I bet they don't kiss their mummies. I'm just going to force my children to remain lovely.

My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist.

To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.

In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic.

Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.

Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.

You can't just get in a boat with someone and be great straight away. It takes a lot of time to get used to each other. You need to learn how the other person reacts to certain situations.

I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.