Kirsty Young

So you were one of those kids dancing on the kitchen table saying, look at me, look at me.

And you didn't, as far as I understand it then, you didn't start auditioning, doing the traditional things.

You wrote for yourself and you performed for yourself.

Why did you make that choice?

That's quite a difficult thing to choose to do.

Let's take a break for some music then.

Track number five.

Do you know Stevie Wonder?

What's he like?

Stevie Wonder and Superstition.

Were you very at home when the doors opened to the club of A-listers?

You know, the colour purple and your Oscar nomination and you won a Golden Globe for it.

There you were.

You were now in the club and the doors shut behind you and you were one of those people who can look across a room at those other people and think, well, I'm one of you now.

Did it feel right?

You know, what about being defined by your color in Hollywood?

Did you feel that that was too important or not important enough or shouldn't have been important but was?

Well, I would say to people, you know, it's like, well, how do you feel about being white?

But I think if you're a minority, I mean, I know, you know, as a Scottish person, when I first came to live in London, I felt different because I was a Scottish person living in London.

That's because you were Scottish.