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" 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. "

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" I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please. "

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

" 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 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? "

" My kind of work is very intense. The trouble with me is that I completely fling myself into it. I get giddy. I get terrible crushes on jobs. "

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

" 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! "

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

" When I graduated, I was my biggest ever: 15 stone, with a boyfriend - my first - of just 11 stone. I was 23 years old. It wasn't just affecting my career: it was a health issue as well. "

" 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. "

" Pay in the acting world hasn't kept up with inflation. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" At drama school, I was told, 'Lay off the chips, or you'll never play Juliet.' Sometimes, in the stock room of the set of 'Dinnerladies,' I'd put away three or four Mars bars while waiting for a scene. Then, at 24, I lost five stone. "

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

" Food is important in working out a character. How she eats is a window into her temperament. If I think she likes her food, I'll put on a few pounds, or lose a few if she lives on her nerves. "

" I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face. "

" I've always had pop-star crushes. I had a huge crush on Ian Brown. "

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

" The films, the music, the telly that I like is always a little bit more on the margins. "

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

" 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. "

" I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe. "

" 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. "

" 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 think with 'Silk' there's something there for everyone: it's a legal drama, but it's human as well - you get to dip into the lives of the barristers and clerks. "