To know thyself, as Shakespeare said.

Never be rigid in your thinking, be open.

You’ve got to keep trying because you don’t know what amazing things are round the corner. Also, always be grateful – at one point you wished to be where you are today.

I think that is the most important lesson you learn in life, that you have to be ready to make a compromise. You do not compromise your principles, but you have to be ready to compromise. You have to understand that you cannot get your way 100 percent. Life is too complicated. You are not an island, and you work in a social setting, and you need to understand that you work always — at the family level, at the society level — to work out the compromise that is perceived to be fair. You don’t get 100 percent of what you want, but at least you will get the basic minimum that you require.

I thought that I would become more mature about certain things, and it didn’t happen.

When I was starting out, in the early 90s, I had to fake an orgasm in a room full of male ad execs at an audition for a chocolate bar ad. It was grim.

I’d edit out all the awful men I managed to find who confirmed my worst suspicions about my body and my character.

With great stories.

I know I should be more evolved, but the person I would like to say sorry to I’m not ready to say sorry to yet.