In person, George Clooney lives up to all your expectations.
From Mariella Frostrup
I'm a control freak. And more so now that I have children.
I don't want my daughter to think she has to dress like Beyonce!
If I was a man, I don't know if I'd settle down long before I was 50.
Whenever the party-girl tag gets attached to my name, it makes me want to snort with derision.
Of course, I'd like to earn Jonathan Ross's money, but I don't have sleepless nights wondering when someone's going to knock on my door with sacks of cash.
You're allowed to have gravitas when you've got the wrinkles to prove it, but not when you're attractive and younger - or, at least, you have to fight really hard to prove you're capable of productive thought.
I love physical books, can't bear to throw them away, and am drowning under the weight of my collection, but I do a lot of my work reading now on my iPad.
I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!
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