Julia Sawalha

I love to travel with my family or my two best friends because I completely trust them. I forced my two best friends into learning to scuba dive with me in Sri Lanka - it was amazing but also hideous because we were learning in very difficult seas.

My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.

I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

I've got a string of disastrous relationships behind me. I don't think I'm an easy person to live with.

Ever since I can remember feeling love for my parents, I've been frightened of losing them.

I love a bit of glamour - who doesn't? - but I probably wouldn't be able to pull it off.

There is nothing more special than a love of a child, and I love the fact I am an auntie.

I am extremely content in my life - sometimes to the point where I really should find something to moan about!

I do believe in an afterlife. I try to be at one with people and try to love life as much as I can.