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

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

" I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" I find these dramas fascinating - it's a world that many of us fortunately don't dip into. The legal system is all around us, but the majority of us don't have to go into a court, so it's a way into another world that is unusual. "

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

" I get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is. "

" We take things at face value, don't we? You form an opinion about something immediately, but you ought to step back a bit. Take in the vista first. "

" My favourite outfit is a giant bunny suit. I wore it in a music video for 'Are You One?' by the Chanteuse & the Crippled Claw and got to keep it. "

" I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts. "

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

" I must admit I don't usually buy a daily paper, although I will get one if there's an interview I want to read. "

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

" I went to the Old Bailey, and I met a judge, and I was petrified, but they were like, 'Oh, you're an actor, well, great.' It was a bit like we're cut from the same cloth a little bit. "

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

" I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face. "

" 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. "

" Cooking, you can keep. I've not the slightest interest in it. "

" I've always had pop-star crushes. I had a huge crush on Ian Brown. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 think you can tell a lot by someone's footwear - cowboy boots would put me off, as would a man in Ugg boots or Crocs. "

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