Alex Kingston

I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children.

One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours.

When I am writing, my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.