I still love coming into work everyday after so many years working as an actress. I've been working more or less continuously and I find I have to re….

I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in l….

It always interests me how obsessed people are about age..

I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private..

I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4,….

It would show hugely if I didn't want to be somewhere. Doing what you want to do can only generate good energy..

But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting at a desk all day. I….

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being ….

I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing, and I'm grateful to my….

I have nothing against people having work done, it is when I hear tale of girls of 16 queuing up to get bigger breasts, that is when I despair..

I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was wearing a grossly unflattering co….

I could suddenly see the pressures all around; these endless magazines and cheap reality TV programmes poking at women, humiliating us for every flaw….

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people wat….

If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option..

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in..

I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do..

Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength..

No, I always wanted to be an actress..

Whatever I'm doing, I try to give it everything..

I have sleepless nights before press days..

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child..