Sally Phillips

I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.

A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. It's like walking through the back of a cupboard into a really dull Narnia.

I'm very devoted to my kids - I'm completely blind to their faults.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

It's quite confusing being one of the less wealthy people at a posh place.

I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.

I don't get star-struck at all.

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

I wasn't hugely popular at school. In fact, I was bullied at school.

I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.

I truly would love to be a designer-label girl, but I am very much High Street.