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" Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible. "

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" I used to want to be in 'Downton' because I had never been in a period drama, but then I did 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' and had to wear one of those frocks and... I didn't feel very comfortable. "

" I was always pretty ambitious, although it probably helps that I can't do anything else - apart from cleaning lavatories. But I remember my mum once said, 'I suppose you'll give it a year and see if you can make it as an actress?' And I said, 'No Mum, I think I'll give it 10.' "

" This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one's going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone's going to see it. So it's always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed. "

" The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it. "

" I've always done drama, but I suppose 'Tyrannosaur' was a bit of a watershed moment for me. It was like when Kathy Burke did 'Nil By Mouth' - suddenly, people were saying, 'Oh, she can do that, too.' "

" I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak - they've always got steel in them. "

" In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic. "

" I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around. "

" If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work. "

" 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. "

" I'm really enjoying being able to do these unhinged comedies and emotional dramas alike. I'm having a lovely time. After shooting a role that requires months of crying, it's quite nice to be able to play something very different. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to be helpful to the charities I support. I think you can dilute it, the more you do. You have to be a bit strong about what you do... otherwise, you risk spreading yourself a bit thin, and you can be less useful. "

" 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. "

" I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same. "

" I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short. "

" 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. "

" When you've got children, it's easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earliest and whose turn it is to put them to bed. But I think the important thing is to appreciate and love each other and to show that appreciation. "

" I'm always keen to have more training as a charity patron. "

" For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful. "

" 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. "

" You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible. "

" I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap. "

" Proper love should be utterly supportive and comfortable, and it feels like a raincoat or a jacket potato. "

" I've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people. "

" I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.' "

" I've been working a long time; it was a slow burn. But I'm grateful it's been like that. "

" My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist. "