Amanda Donohoe

The worst hotels are any with a bad bed. I stayed in a hotel where they left cards telling me my enjoyment was of paramount importance. I should have written, 'Nice rooms, crap beds.'

That's the problem with soaps, of course. The stories never end. They can go on and on and on.

At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.