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People think I'm clever, which is hilarious. I'm like, 'When did this happen? People used to think I couldn't string a sentence together.'
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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.
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I've always had pop-star crushes. I had a huge crush on Ian Brown.
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I'm inspired by films from the early '50s, especially Jean Simmons in 'The Clouded Yellow' - and by vintage swing, psychobilly gigs, sea shanties, and English folklore.
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We shouldn't still be asking, 'Have you got children? Why've you not got children? Ooh, you must have children!' Bog off, d'you know what I mean?
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Male? Female? It's not always relevant to some people. They are who they are - they might not fit into a specific box.
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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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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!
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I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult.
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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?
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Every job still feels like the first time.
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We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet.
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Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.
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We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
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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.
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Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene.
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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.
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When I'm not acting, I don't feel like an actor.
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I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.
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I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees.
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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.
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I'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it.
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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.
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What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female.
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