I'm happy to be at home with the kids, in my flannel pajamas; that's a treat.

I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.

My mum worked as a secretary for Christian Dior. She looked like a movie star.

Dad was the first man I fell in love with. He was a very funny man. He grew up in the East End of London and was very dynamic, and I understood why my mother fell in love with him.

It's not easy being Hugh Jackman, but he wears the attention better than anyone I've ever met. He treats every person he meets the same and finds joy in everything he does. The lesson I've learned is that if you work incredibly hard, and you're nice to everybody, you'll be fine.

The gay-rights community had a strategy going in; they thought that they needed to have 30 states with some form of recognition - whether that be marriage, whether it be civil unions - but they wanted to have 30 states signed on before they went to the federal courts.

I had the experience of a monk copying documents, applying myself assiduously to my work. And I thought whatever happened, happened - this is just what I do in my life.

The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt.