Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I come from a background where bigger women are appreciated. After all, you can't belly dance with a flat stomach, so my ideal body would be curvy, womanly and voluptuous.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I have no medical knowledge whatsoever so playing a surgeon on 'Holby' has been a real eye opener!

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I'm on my own so I do everything. I think with any mum, guilt is a major factor. You feel guilty dropping your kid off at nursery and going off to work all day. It's so tough to juggle everything, to get it right all the time.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I always try to be healthy - brown rice, brown pasta.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

The make-up on 'Footballers' Wives' is unbelievable - there's loads of fake tan.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I'd watched the first couple of series, dipped in and out of it, but I think everyone's a fan of 'Spooks' even if they don't watch it all the time.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I've been taught always be nice to the lighting people - they're the people you make friends with straight away so that's what I do.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I hadn't planned to have kids, I didn't even know I was pregnant until four months in.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

My mum, who comes from Goa, wanted us to develop our minds when we were kids, so she used to turn the electricity off at weekends so we couldn't sit watching the telly.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I'm a single parent and it just wouldn't have been possible for me to carry on in 'Primeval' once filming of the show switched to Dublin for ten months.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I've got a Moroccan shape, where the weight goes on around the belly and the bum.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I always base my characters around Miss Piggy - she's my idol!

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

Time management is really important.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

Men huddle in a corner and talk about me, rather than walking up to me and chatting me up.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I'm the sole provider for my child, I don't get any help. I'm not saying we're poverty stricken, but it does mean I have to work hard.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

'Primeval' is very similar to 'Footballers' Wives' - it's pure fantasy.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

If I'm going to a party, I dance for as long as possible to burn the calories - the jive is great because you're on your toes a lot so it works your calves, thighs and bum.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I did 'Footballer's Wives' for two-and-a-half seasons and I asked to be written out.

Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass

I've always wanted to adopt.