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" I wish I were as tough and strong as the women that I'm lucky enough to portray. "

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" First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence. "

" With 'Honeymoon,' it was so intimate, and we literally shot it in something like 20, 24 days. Everything was very rapid and very fast, and so all of us submerged into the deep end and only really came up for air once we had wrapped. "

" My mum's maiden name was Dalglish, so I have Scottish blood in me. "

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