Gina Bellman

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first professional job appearing in 'King David' with Richard Gere. ”

My average day on 'Leverage' starts at 5 A. M. and ends 12 to 14 hours later. An hour drive to the set and back sometimes makes the day unbearably long. You have to grab a few minutes to yourself where you can. ”

One of the things that takes a bit of getting used to on an American series is having a different director, and often writer, every week. ”

I'm not really that keen on mainstream; I'm not interested in doing the normal films. I do tend to go for the quirky, different scripts. ”

I eat tons, three full meals a day, and I never go to the gym. When I was a child, my geography teacher said, 'You may be slim now but if you carry on eating like that, you'll end up being really fat.' Fortunately, I really don't think I've changed much in the past two decades, so that teacher was an idiot. ”

It's always fun messing around with costumes and stuff. You know there is an element of acting that you've got to dress-up; that's part of it. ”

I don't like crowds or attention. ”

Any friendship or relationship is about a language. ”

Fans believe they have a relationship with you, either through your TV character or, more reasonably, through the tweets you may have exchanged. In a way, you have gotten to know them. You learn about people's kids, families, pets. ”

One of the things you have to be acutely aware of when shooting episodes out of order is your character's relationship with the other characters. ”