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" You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that. "

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" As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive. "

" When I'm going to work, I often stop and wonder how I've got here. I don't mean literally, but just thinking back to when I first had the idea of being an actress, it seemed so unreal, so unlikely. People like me just didn't become actresses. Every new job I get comes as shock. It's almost as if I'm waiting to be found out. "

" I think all things are political... How women are portrayed - that's a big thing for me. What is this role trying to say about women? Is this woman weak or victimised, and, if so, do we get to understand why? "

" I went to Salford Tech. They did a two-year performing arts course. I went there singing and dancing - I had a terrible time. I turned up in green dungarees and German power boots. I was into prog rock at the time - Gong and Hawkwind - and I was clumping around. "

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

" Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be. "

" I'm not a fan of reality TV. "

" I love hoovering. People go to therapists; I've got a Hoover. "

" 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 was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad! "

" I get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is. "

" I wasn't an obvious actress in any sense of the word. "

" Crying does not equal good acting. "

" I've always fancied being a bit of warrior, on a horse swinging a sword around, sorting out the men... Oh yes, that sounds lovely. "

" People will always respond to high-class drama. "

" Sometimes the darker the work, the more fun you can have. "

" 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. "

" I look up to the older generation of men - Arthur Scargill, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn - but my main role model has been my step-granddad Jim. He's brilliant, very political, quite eccentric. "

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

" I watch 'Take Me Out' mainly for Paddy McGuinness. When we were younger, we worked together as lifeguards at the Bolton Leisure Centre. "

" I don't really engage with that world of technology, which might be to my detriment. "

" The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully. "

" I love 'Splash!' and 'Take Me Out.' Not that I'd ever do 'Splash!' It's the parading on British TV in a swimming costume I couldn't handle. "

" For me, politics is about passion. It doesn't matter what you know; it's your actions that count. I meet people who say they're socialists, and that's not what they carry out in their everyday life. "

" 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. "