Have you ever spent a night in hospital? I was in hospital for three days six years ago to have a hysterectomy. The nursing staff were fantastic, but it was a crazy ward. I was very lucky that Barbara Rafferty, an actress I know, was there so we could compare notes.
Notable accidents? I've broken my nose twice. The first time I was putting up shelves and they came clattering down on my nose and knocked me out briefly, and the next time I was reading to my then baby son and he nutted me.
Do you worry about your weight? If there's a particular dress I can't get into, I won't eat cheese, butter, pasta and bread.
I love cheese and good bread, but I will lay off them for three or four weeks to bring myself back into line. The idea of cutting out wine, though, is impossible.
What exercise do you take? I work with a personal trainer once or twice a week and play tennis with my long-suffering friend Lorna on Sundays. I don't play well but I look forward to it enormously.
How do you feel about cosmetic surgery? Surgeons thought I should have my nose fixed after I'd broken it. A girl at the A&E clinic put this metal thing that looked like a Norman visor round my head and tried to move my nose across my face, and the pain was excruciating. I thought: "Until my nose actually collapses, I'm not going to have it done." Being on TV, I'm sure my crow's feet show, but that's my face. That's not to say I don't spend a fortune on face creams, because I do.
Attitude to smoking? I smoked as a student and I've been known to grab somebody's cigarette and have a drag if it's late at night and I've had a drink, but no, not now. My dad had lung cancer, so that's a pretty stark lesson.
And drugs? I am very aware of things like skunk. My kids know that when I was a student I had the odd spliff - everybody has, from Bill Clinton saying he didn't inhale to Barack Obama giving us a full-on exposé in his book.
Are you happy? I'm happy in the knowledge that I have a close family and close friends, but once your mother and father are dead, there are times when you're not happy, in a sense. I'm very thoughtful about the fragility of life.
Have you ever taken an antidepressant? No. And I haven't taken sleeping pills. I was talking to someone the other day who takes a sleeping pill on transatlantic flights and I'm thinking: "What if you had to react quickly?" A few glugs of champagne and I'm fine.
Is sex important to you? Yeah, on a full moon.
• Kirsty Wark presents Newsnight 10.30pm weeknights on BBC2
