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" I'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it. "

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" 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. "

" Every job still feels like the first time. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely. "

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

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

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" 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 joined the Communist Party when I was 18. When I was 10, there was the miners' strike, and the Cold War was going on; it was quite a potent time to get involved in politics. I got involved through my grandfather, who was a member. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's interesting when people say, 'You always play strong women,' because as far as I'm concerned, women are strong. I think that's what women are. We have got that vulnerability, but we have got that strength. We are survivors. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton. "

" What's wrong with wanting the best for everybody? "

" I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees. "

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

" Often, when I am playing difficult roles, I have a problem sleeping because I can't leave the character behind. "

" I don't have massive ambitions to be anywhere other than in this country doing good work. "

" The 'Bolton News' is the best place for online comments. They say I'm an absolute idiot and a communist anarchist. I was never an anarchist; I was a communist! "

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" I must admit I don't usually buy a daily paper, although I will get one if there's an interview I want to read. "

" When I'm not acting, I don't feel like an actor. "

" 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. "