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This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart.

When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

Nobody taught me to play bottleneck. I just saw it and taught myself. I got an old bottle and steamed the label off, put it on the wrong finger, I basically did everything wrong until I met some of the Blues legends early in my career who taught me another way. I didn't have anyone to tell me women didn't play bottleneck.

I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I'm doing the same with Phryne - she's my mainstay.

I am a gummy bear fanatic.

With 'Grimm,' it's a lot of fun for me to be able to play within the familiar world of fairy tales. As for satisfying my inner fantasy geek, anything that would have me wielding a sword or shooting a bow would be a dream.

I was in a lot of school plays, and it became the thing I did.

You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.

I read 'The Rum Diary,' and I didn't really like it very much.