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

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" I'm not a fan of reality TV. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When I was a little girl, there was this unbelievably cool female bus driver who'd work near us. I remember thinking I'd like to be her when I grew up. "

" 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. "

" Every job still feels like the first time. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I didn't have my first serious boyfriend until I was 23. Then after that, I went out with a guy I'd been best friends with all through drama school. "

" 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. "

" I went to Salford Tech. They did a two-year performing arts course. I went there singing and dancing - I had a terrible time. I turned up in green dungarees and German power boots. I was into prog rock at the time - Gong and Hawkwind - and I was clumping around. "

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

" 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. "

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

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