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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. "

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" Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" In my 20s, I was going round seeing agents who were patronising because I was fat and a girl, which was a double whammy. I knew what it was to feel out-of-the-loop. "

" I get easily distracted and become a bit of a giddy giggler. I'm not good at taking myself seriously, and laughing at myself helps ease the pressure. "

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

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

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

" A few things make a person stylish: honesty, imagination with a sprinkling of humour. I still keep an eye on trends, but I don't follow them any more. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult. "

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

" The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday. "

" I think all things are political... How women are portrayed - that's a big thing for me. What is this role trying to say about women? Is this woman weak or victimised, and, if so, do we get to understand why? "

" 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? "

" Every job still feels like the first time. "

" 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. "

" The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have. "

" 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 am an actor. I love acting, and I absolutely love what I do, but I don't want it to be every waking hour. "