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" I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" I have recurring dreams about losing my temper, which become quite violent. I dread to think what that says about me. "

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

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

" 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. "

" If I dress up, I try to wear something that's still a bit me, but then I regret it when I see that everyone else has dressed up more and looks amazing. "

" Nobody's impressed back home. All my friends were going, 'Oh right, so you're doing a play up in Leeds? Another depressing one is it? Do you mind if we don't bother coming?' I love that. "

" I'm a big techphobe. Someone else helps me run my Twitter; I wouldn't be able to trust myself. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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.' "