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" A lot of middle-aged women are children still trying to find their way. "

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" Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying? "

" If a job fell from Heaven that was in America, I'd have a go, but I don't feel compelled to go and hunt it down. "

" I cannot step into any day without help. I have a fantastically engaged husband who is very present for his children and our family life. We've got a brilliant nanny, other help from parents-in-law, godparents, friends. Also, I've had incredible women around me in the business. "

" Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out. "

" We live in a fast-paced culture where we're asked to make snap decisions all day long, so I suppose cash-point donations feed into the immediacy of our life experience. So it's a great idea. But I think it needs careful handling. "

" I tried to get into the National Youth Theatre and didn't, and I tried to get into drama school and didn't, and then I went to university and was really delighted that I went there. I think having the word 'no' can be quite creative. "

" I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for. "

" I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun. "

" I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity. "

" I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened. "

" Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically. "

" If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home. "

" I'll read a recipe but then decide, 'Well, it's sort of like this, then.' Or I'll go to the fridge and think, 'I'll see what I can put together,' and I'll combine beetroot and sausage and prawns with goat's cheese sprinkled on top and think, 'I like that they're all slightly pink. It looks fine and... actually, it is fine.' "

" I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult. "

" Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control. "

" When I was 17, a neighbour I knew well died of cancer, and I became au pair to her three little girls. In circumstances like that, when you can't really help, I think it's a human response to do something beyond oneself. So I did a sponsored parachute jump for Cancer Research. It was exciting and ridiculous. "

" I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it. "

" Radio listeners often have a very fertile imagination when it comes to body shape. "

" I think that if you take somebody out of their comfort zone, they're going to dislike people because they're not liking themselves in a situation. "

" I've been acting since I could function. I got into acting to get attention as a child. "

" You step over the threshold of your parents' home, and you're instantly transported back to your childhood. It's like time travel. You revert at once to a place of arrested development. "

" I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful. "

" I try not to look any further ahead than the next cup of tea. You never know if that cuppa will come or not, do you? "

" I've been so amazed at the number of really professional top-of-their-game women who I know to be intelligent, well educated and brilliant who have said, 'What was it like to snog Matt LeBlanc?' "

" I did a drama degree, went to secretarial college, then got a job with a theatre company in Birmingham. It's been a slow burn, which doesn't seem to have gone out. "

" I've long thought that for my last meal on earth I will be perfectly happy with a granary loaf toastie with melted crunchy peanut butter and banana. "

" Going to rehearsals of school plays got me out of science. It became clear what inspired me and what dampened my spirit. The only other thing I could do at school was trampolining - it didn't seem to have much future in it. "

" I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people. "