Sometimes it's more tiring being at home with your child than it is being at work! But I thrive on variety, so if you can get a good balance in your life, then I think that's the key.

More Quotes by Tamzin Outhwaite

I have Italian heritage, so I'm keen to go over for a few months with the girls and soak up the culture and the food. I'd like us all to learn Italian together as a family - it's something I've been saying for years.

My default-setting Italian recipes that I always fall back on are the ones that we had as kids, like spaghetti vongole, which is tomato and clams with spaghetti.

I don't want to take anything that's coming in for the sake of work. I want to choose carefully, as I have done since leaving 'EastEnders.'

I always thought if I wasn't an actor, I might make quite a good detective - mainly because I'm nosey.

Emotions interest me, and I'm fascinated by how a child's mind works.

I love any type of cheese, preferably on a large board with a glass of Chateauneuf-du-Pape.