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I'm not a fan of reality TV.
Crying does not equal good acting.
People will always respond to high-class drama.
I wasn't an obvious actress in any sense of the word.
Pay in the acting world hasn't kept up with inflation.
I do, in a strange way, care deeply what people think.
The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday.
I'm unusual in that I've worked more as I've got older.
Sometimes the darker the work, the more fun you can have.
I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.
I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices.
What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female.
I love hoovering. People go to therapists; I've got a Hoover.
Cooking, you can keep. I've not the slightest interest in it.
I'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it.
I actually used to compete at show-jumping when I was a young'un.
I've always had pop-star crushes. I had a huge crush on Ian Brown.
I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult.
We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet.
I get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is.
I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees.
We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
I don't really engage with that world of technology, which might be to my detriment.
I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.
The films, the music, the telly that I like is always a little bit more on the margins.
I don't have massive ambitions to be anywhere other than in this country doing good work.
I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.
There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play.
Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.
As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely.
Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene.
Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be.
I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class.
I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.
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 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 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.
Often, when I am playing difficult roles, I have a problem sleeping because I can't leave the character behind.
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.
As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.
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.
You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that.
I have recurring dreams about losing my temper, which become quite violent. I dread to think what that says about me.
Male? Female? It's not always relevant to some people. They are who they are - they might not fit into a specific box.
I think you can tell a lot by someone's footwear - cowboy boots would put me off, as would a man in Ugg boots or Crocs.
I care about my work, but I don't care about getting it wrong. The more you do, the more you realise nobody's going to die.
I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.'
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.
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.