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I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.

I was standing onstage last year, and I felt like I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter how many people were out there, it all just felt like a blank sheet of paper.

I was able to go on stage and work until it felt right or felt good. It meant that I very quickly realised that it was the job for me.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I'm way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.

I used to really want to go on the stage and then the last couple of years I've done some presenting at some award shows. I was so nervous I thought I was going to be sick, so I don't think me on stage for any length of time would work too well.

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.