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" I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell. "

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" My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back. "

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" Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before. "

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" It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed. "

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" As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them. "

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" I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that. "

" The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business. "

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" I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am. "

" Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live. "

" I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles. "

" It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen. "

" I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around. "

" The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird. "

" Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family. "

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" I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that. "

" I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf. "

" It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. "

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" I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up. "

" I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish. "