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" After my mum and dad got divorced, I was entitled to free school dinners, but my mum said, 'Under no circumstances,' because she was proud. "

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" I do, in a strange way, care deeply what people think. "

" I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult. "

" I was a tomboy. In my clubbing days, my friend Lucy Davies-Hunt - half-Iranian, looked like Yasmin Le Bon - could wear catsuits, while I was the one in the sweatshirt, jeans, and Fila boots. "

" It's interesting when people say, 'You always play strong women,' because as far as I'm concerned, women are strong. I think that's what women are. We have got that vulnerability, but we have got that strength. We are survivors. "

" I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face. "

" I remember when New Labour got in. I was at Salford Tech studying drama, and everyone was jumping up and down, and I was so upset, I went to a phone box and called my granddad. "

" I don't really engage with that world of technology, which might be to my detriment. "

" I was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad! "

" The films, the music, the telly that I like is always a little bit more on the margins. "

" You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that. "

" I am an actor. I love acting, and I absolutely love what I do, but I don't want it to be every waking hour. "

" Every job still feels like the first time. "

" I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I'm not. It's like people reading their diaries in public. I don't want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent. "

" When I'm going to work, I often stop and wonder how I've got here. I don't mean literally, but just thinking back to when I first had the idea of being an actress, it seemed so unreal, so unlikely. People like me just didn't become actresses. Every new job I get comes as shock. It's almost as if I'm waiting to be found out. "

" I think with 'Silk' there's something there for everyone: it's a legal drama, but it's human as well - you get to dip into the lives of the barristers and clerks. "

" As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely. "

" Food is important in working out a character. How she eats is a window into her temperament. If I think she likes her food, I'll put on a few pounds, or lose a few if she lives on her nerves. "

" I love hoovering. People go to therapists; I've got a Hoover. "

" You want to go to your deathbed saying, 'I didn't sell out.' But it's a tough business to keep to what you believe in and get through and do well. "

" I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.' "

" They always said to me that I needed to be more feminine. I think it's so wrong. Being boisterous doesn't mean you are not feminine. "

" We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet. "

" I'm unusual in that I've worked more as I've got older. "

" I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe. "

" If I feel like if there's a few too many people on that path with me, then I want to jump off and find another one. "

" What's wrong with wanting the best for everybody? "

" For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton. "

" I joined the Communist Party when I was 18. When I was 10, there was the miners' strike, and the Cold War was going on; it was quite a potent time to get involved in politics. I got involved through my grandfather, who was a member. "

" The 'Bolton News' is the best place for online comments. They say I'm an absolute idiot and a communist anarchist. I was never an anarchist; I was a communist! "

" At drama school, I was told, 'Lay off the chips, or you'll never play Juliet.' Sometimes, in the stock room of the set of 'Dinnerladies,' I'd put away three or four Mars bars while waiting for a scene. Then, at 24, I lost five stone. "