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" I've never seen an episode of 'Downton Abbey.' "

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" Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three. "

" I have quite a lot of anxiety dreams. "

" When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them. "

" In the adverts, I look like I do because 150 people have spent seven hours making me look dazzling. That's not me at all. "

" My beauty regime is very simple. I just take my make-up off before bed. And oh, I always put moisturiser on. But that's about it, apart from a bit of soap maybe. "

" I don't punish myself. Life's too short. "

" I've nothing against stay-at-home mums, but I love going to work, I love what I do and I wouldn't want to start resenting my home life if I was staying home 365 days a year. "

" Coming from a family where the parents had been together for 40 years, you never imagine that divorce is going to happen to you. "

" The funny thing about children is that, whichever room we're in, that's where they'll be. If I'm in the bath, they'll want to be in there too, playing with the toothbrush pot or brushing my hair. "

" Things can change on a daily basis in television. You can be introduced to aspects of your character that you had no idea existed because they didn't exist a week before. The next week it might be taken away from you in some way that you can't control. "

" Life is simply too short to think about everything you put in your mouth, and it's not good for children to see you picking over bits of salad. "

" There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way. "

" I went on two holidays as a child. It wasn't what people did where I grew up. "

" The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met. "

" If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas. "

" When you get into your 40s, the roles do tend to drop off, and I've seen it happening to friends of mine. Hopefully it is improving, and there are female TV executives now who are championing women of all ages in leading roles. But I'm not counting on it. "

" It's very easy to keep putting off having a family if you enjoy your job, but you just have to get on with life. "

" I was never one of those teenagers who sang into their hairbrush. "

" There have been times in my life when I have felt like I can't go out without my makeup on. But now I just put on some dark glasses so people can't see if I look rough! "

" I worked in McDonald's, but I didn't mind it. You got free cheeseburgers. I love eating a bit of junk food. "

" I'm not saying that every night of the week, my husband, ex-husband, our children and I all sit around together like one big happy family. But we do see each other frequently, and everyone loves each other, and we are all friends. "

" We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me. "

" There are all sorts of ways you can take somebody's identity or change your own, and a million things you can do with it once you have. It's quite incredible. "

" I do love playing aristocrats, probably because it's so against type. So much more interesting than playing a version of yourself. "

" I'm a size 12 and I'm very happy with it. "

" When I grew up in central London, we had six pavement slabs for a garden. "

" There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what they do. That's fine, but I don't think that could be said about me. "

" I love fashion; I adore it. I love the madness of it. "

" If I was ambitious in my career, then I would have moved to the United States and given it a good go at films. "