Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive. "

Related Quotes:

" What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female. "

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

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

" My kind of work is very intense. The trouble with me is that I completely fling myself into it. I get giddy. I get terrible crushes on jobs. "

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

" I'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it. "

" Everybody's in a situation; everybody has a story. It's about finding out why. "

" People think I'm clever, which is hilarious. I'm like, 'When did this happen? People used to think I couldn't string a sentence together.' "

" Male? Female? It's not always relevant to some people. They are who they are - they might not fit into a specific box. "

" Every job still feels like the first time. "

" 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. "

" I watch 'Take Me Out' mainly for Paddy McGuinness. When we were younger, we worked together as lifeguards at the Bolton Leisure Centre. "

" I'm very independent, probably quite selfish, and like being able to disappear at the drop of a hat without having to explain myself - most men would find that a pain, wouldn't they? "

" Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be. "

" I actually used to compete at show-jumping when I was a young'un. "

" 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. "

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

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

" We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified. "

" I'm inspired by films from the early '50s, especially Jean Simmons in 'The Clouded Yellow' - and by vintage swing, psychobilly gigs, sea shanties, and English folklore. "

" 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. "

" Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene. "

" I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years. "

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

" When I graduated, I was my biggest ever: 15 stone, with a boyfriend - my first - of just 11 stone. I was 23 years old. It wasn't just affecting my career: it was a health issue as well. "

" Crying does not equal good acting. "

" If I were to appear in a programme like 'Sex and the City,' I'm sure I'd be cast as the downtrodden one staying at home and having seven children while the others jet-setted around the world. "

" I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class. "

" I take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully. "