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" 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. "

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" 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'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face. "

" 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. "

" There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play. "

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

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

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

" 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.' "

" It's great having time to just sit back and work through things in my mind. It helps put life into perspective. "

" 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. "

" I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I'm not. It's like people reading their diaries in public. I don't want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent. "

" Crying does not equal good acting. "

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

" 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. "

" I used to think the store detective had followed me all the way home and would knock on the door and go, 'Hello, is this your daughter? She's got three blue lipsticks and a moisturiser from Boots in her bag.' We just used to nick crap. Not even stuff we wanted. "

" I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices. "

" 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. "

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

" They always said to me that I needed to be more feminine. I think it's so wrong. Being boisterous doesn't mean you are not feminine. "

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes it feels like the feminist movement never happened. "

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

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

" When I was growing up, because I was a bit overweight and boyish, I thought I wasn't attractive to the opposite sex, but I have since met lads from my school who said I just seemed unapproachable. "

" 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. "

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

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

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