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" Acting is playing, and it is like being a big kid. Yeah, it's great. You get paid. "
Great
Acting
Kid
" Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible. "
Incredible
Women
Steel
" After those first two BAFTAs, I didn't really get offered anything, which makes you think, 'Oh, no!' And, after I finished the second series of 'Broadchurch,' nothing came up for six months, which really is a long time, and I got a bit panicky. "
Time
Think
Two
" As a child, I thought, 'Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries,' and it turns out that's not true. "
Child
Will
True
" Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country. "
Us
People
Old
" Everybody laughs all the time, and some of the worst things that happen make you laugh 'cause it's a defense isn't it, I suppose. "
Laugh
Worst
Time
" Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium. "
Emotional
Everything
Kids
" For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful. "
Things Happen
Look
Beautiful
" I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not! "
Out
Turns
Patient
" I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen. "
Always
Lady
Serious
" I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up. "
Black
Shoes
Money
" I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day. "
Day
Every Day
I Am
" I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around. "
I Am
Someone
Tart
" I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, and there were all these little boys and girls. So sweet. And then the teenagers walk past, and, my God, they're enormous, and I bet they don't kiss their mummies. I'm just going to force my children to remain lovely. "
God
Children
Morning
" I can't bear kissing scenes. "
Scenes
Kissing
Bear
" I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got. "
My Life
Good
Tea
" I did a forward roll for the kids the other day, thinking it'd be a breeze like it was when I was six, and I had to lie flat for about 20 minutes afterwards - 'Leave mummy alone; she's feeling a bit dizzy.' "
Day
Alone
Lie
" I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.' "
Enjoy
Go
Going
" I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short. "
Acting
Process
Just
" I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap. "
Bullying
Comedy
Like
" I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it. "
Moving
Yourself
Simple
" I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see. "
Good
Think
People
" I eat a bit too much; my teeth aren't perfect; I've got eye bags. I look like a normal 39-year-old woman - but in England, no one minds that. "
Eat
Eye
Look
" If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before. "
Choices
You
Good
" I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts. "
Beauty
Classic
Feel
" If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language. "
Think
Children
Smoking
" I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?' "
Same
Find
Understand
" If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work. "
Work
Me
Line
" If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a director will say to me, 'I don't think this is a scene where your character cries.' And all I can say is, good luck with that! "
Luck
Good Luck
Good
" If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far. "
Know
Me
You
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