I’ve apologised to my son, Thomas, for being absent for quite a lot of his first few years, but, as a working mother and breadwinner, I kind of had to be. I like to think I’ve made up for it.

I’d like to say sorry to my mother. I had to choose between my parents, and I chose my father because he didn’t have any other kids. (My mother was a war widow and had two children from her first marriage.) I thought, in a childish way, that one had to be fair. It was very difficult for my mother and me, and we never really got over it.

My kids. I think if you don’t want to say sorry to your kids you’ve been an appalling parent.

I feel I have made amends, so I don’t feel that anyone is owed an apology but, if they read this and they think they are, do drop me a line.

As a citizen, a person involved in my community.

When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.

My children, and my sanity. For a child actor, I think it’s noteworthy.

Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.

Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.

When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.