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" I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got. "

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" I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up. "

" I was rubbish at school. "

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Rubbish

School

" I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love. "

" I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short. "

" If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far. "

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Know

You

" My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist. "

" I remember doing one of those computer careers tests. It told me I'd make an ideal HGV lorry driver because I've got 100 per cent spatial awareness. I'd be able to back them into tight parking spots. "

" I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powerful, extraordinary woman. Somebody with superpowers would be really fun, but I'm not sure how many middle-aged women they have in Marvel. "

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Woman

Fun

" I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it. "

" I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same. "

" In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic. "

" Acting is playing, and it is like being a big kid. Yeah, it's great. You get paid. "

" If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a director will say to me, 'I don't think this is a scene where your character cries.' And all I can say is, good luck with that! "

" I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it still affects you. "

" I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen. "

" Everybody laughs all the time, and some of the worst things that happen make you laugh 'cause it's a defense isn't it, I suppose. "

" I want to be helpful to the charities I support. I think you can dilute it, the more you do. You have to be a bit strong about what you do... otherwise, you risk spreading yourself a bit thin, and you can be less useful. "

" Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country. "

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People

Old

" I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around. "

" There was nothing about 'The Killing' that patronized its audience, and it was quite slow and detailed, all of the things which, for a long time, people had been nervous of making. "

" To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge. "

" Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible. "

" I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap. "

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Bullying

Comedy

" After those first two BAFTAs, I didn't really get offered anything, which makes you think, 'Oh, no!' And, after I finished the second series of 'Broadchurch,' nothing came up for six months, which really is a long time, and I got a bit panicky. "

" I open the doors for everybody all the time. "

" I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners. "

" I think each person you play has a little bit of you in it - you can't really help that. "

" I'm always keen to have more training as a charity patron. "

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Patron

Training

" I think I remember being held by my mum as a baby. "